3 I rebuke your descendants, and spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your solemn feasts, and you will be taken away with it.
4 And you will know that I have sent this command to you, that My covenant with Levi may remain, says the Lord of Hosts.
5 My covenant with him was for life and peace, and I gave them to him. With awe he feared Me, and he was reverent before My name.
6 True instruction was in his mouth, and injustice was not found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and with uprightness, and turned many away from iniquity.
7 For a priest’s lips should preserve knowledge, and people should seek the law from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
8 But you have departed from the way. You have caused many to stumble at the law. You have violated the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of Hosts.
9 So I have made you contemptible and base before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in the law.