1 "Now I am giving a warning to you priests.
2 Listen to it. Honor me with all your heart," says the Lord who rules over all. "If you do not, I will send a curse on you. I will turn your blessings into curses. In fact, I have already done that because you have not honored me with all your heart.
3 "Because of what you have done, I will punish your children. I will smear the guts from your sacrifices on your faces. And you will be carried off to the dump along with them.
4 You will know that I have given you a warning. I have warned you so that my covenant with Levi will continue," says the Lord who rules over all.
5 "My covenant promised Levi life and peace. So I gave them to him. I required him to respect me. And he had great respect for my name.