1. “And now, O priests, this command is for you.
2. “If you do not hear, and if you do not take it to heart, to give esteem to My Name,” said יהוה of hosts, “I shall send a curse upon you, and I shall curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed them, because you do not take it to heart.
3. “See, I shall rebuke your seed, and scatter dung before your faces, the dung of your festivals. And you shall be taken away with it.
4. “And you shall know that I have sent this command to you, as being My covenant with Lĕwi,” said יהוה of hosts.