2 And if you do not take to heartgiving honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts,I will send a curse upon youand your blessing I will curse.In fact, I have already cursed it,because you do not take it to heart.
3 I will rebuke your offspring;I will spread dung on your faces,Dung from your feasts,and will carry you to it.
4 You should know that I sent you this commandmentso that my covenant with Levi might endure,says the Lord of hosts.
5 My covenant with him was the life and peace which I gave him,and the fear he had for me,standing in awe of my name.
6 Reliable instruction was in his mouth,no perversity was found upon his lips;He walked with me in integrity and uprightness,and turned many away from evil.
7 For a priest’s lips preserve knowledge,and instruction is to be sought from his mouth,because he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 But you have turned aside from the way,and have caused many to stumble by your instruction;You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,says the Lord of hosts.