1And now this commandment is to you, the priests.2If you do not hear and if you do not set it upon your heart to give glory to my name, said the LORD of Hosts, then I will send the curse among you, and I will curse your blessings, and I will also curse it because you are not setting it upon your heart.3Look, I am rebuking your seed, and I will scatter refuse upon your faces, the refuse of your feasts, and he will carry you away to him.4And you shall know that I sent this commandment to you in order that it might be my covenant with Levi, said the LORD of Hosts.5My covenant was with him: life and peace; and I gave them to him for fear, so that he feared me and was dismayed before my face.6The instruction of truth was in his mouth, and no injustice was found on his lips; he walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many back from iniquity.7For the lips of the priest guard knowledge, and people seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.8But you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, said the LORD of Hosts.9Therefore I also have made you despised and lowly before all the people, because you have not kept my ways and have shown partiality in the instruction.