1. “And now, O priests, this commandment is for you.
2. If you will not hear,And if you will not take it to heart,To give glory to My name,”Says the Lord of hosts,“I will send a curse upon you,And I will curse your blessings.Yes, I have cursed them already,Because you do not take it to heart.
3. “Behold, I will rebuke your descendantsAnd spread refuse on your faces,The refuse of your solemn feasts;And one will take you away with it.
4. Then you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you,That My covenant with Levi may continue,”Says the Lord of hosts.
5. “My covenant was with him, one of life and peace,And I gave them to him that he might fear Me;So he feared MeAnd was reverent before My name.