<vn='1'>And <sn="6258">now</s>, O ye <sn="3548">priests</s>, <sn="2063">this</s><sn="4687">commandment</s> is <sn="413">for</s> you. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="518">If</s> ye will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hear</s>, and <sn="518">if</s> ye will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="7760">lay</s> it <sn="5921">to</s><sn="3820">heart</s>, to <sn="5414">give</s><sn="3519">glory</s> unto my <sn="8034">name</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, I will even <sn="7971">send</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="3994">curse</s> upon you, and I will <sn="779">curse</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="1293">blessings</s>: <sn="1571">yea</s>, I have <sn="779">cursed</s> them already, <sn="3588">because</s> ye do <sn="369">not</s><sn="7760">lay</s> it <sn="5921">to</s><sn="3820">heart</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="1605">corrupt</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="2233">seed</s>, and <sn="2219">spread</s><sn="6569">dung</s><sn="5921">upon</s> your <sn="6440">faces</s>, even the <sn="6569">dung</s> of your solemn <sn="2282">feasts</s>; and one shall take you <sn="5375 *853">away</s><sn="413">with</s> it. </v>
<vn='4'>And ye shall <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s> I have <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="4687">commandment</s><sn="413">unto</s> you, that my <sn="1285">covenant</s> might <sn="1961">be</s><sn="854">with</s><sn="3878">Levi</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>My <sn="1285">covenant</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="854">with</s> him of <sn="2416">life</s> and <sn="7965">peace</s>; and I <sn="5414">gave</s> them to him for the <sn="4172">fear</s> wherewith he <sn="3372">feared</s> me, and was <sn="2865">afraid</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> my <sn="8034">name</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>The <sn="8451">law</s> of <sn="571">truth</s><sn="1961">was</s> in his <sn="6310">mouth</s>, and <sn="5766">iniquity</s> was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4672">found</s> in his <sn="8193">lips</s>: he <sn="1980">walked</s><sn="854">with</s> me in <sn="7965">peace</s> and <sn="4334">equity</s>, and did turn many <sn="7725 7227">away</s> from <sn="4480 5771">iniquity</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> 's <sn="8193">lips</s> should <sn="8104">keep</s><sn="1847">knowledge</s>, and they should <sn="1245">seek</s> the <sn="8451">law</s> at his <sn="4480 6310">mouth</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1931">he</s> is the <sn="4397">messenger</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>But <sn="859">ye</s> are <sn="5493">departed</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="1870">way</s>; ye have caused many to <sn="3782 7227">stumble</s> at the <sn="8451">law</s>; ye have <sn="7843">corrupted</s> the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of <sn="3878">Levi</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Therefore have <sn="589">I</s><sn="1571">also</s><sn="5414">made</s> you <sn="959">contemptible</s> and <sn="8217">base</s> before <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, according <sn="6310 834">as</s> ye have <sn="369">not</s><sn="8104">kept</s><sn="*853"></s> my <sn="1870">ways</s>, but have been <sn="5375 6440">partial</s> in the <sn="8451">law</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Have we <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="1">father</s>? hath <sn="3808">not</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="410">God</s><sn="1254">created</s> us? <sn="4069">why</s> do we deal <sn="898">treacherously</s> every <sn="376">man</s> against his <sn="251">brother</s>, by <sn="2490">profaning</s> the <sn="1285">covenant</s> of our <sn="1">fathers</s>? </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3063">Judah</s> hath dealt <sn="898">treacherously</s>, and an <sn="8441">abomination</s> is <sn="6213">committed</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s> and in <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3063">Judah</s> hath <sn="2490">profaned</s> the <sn="6944">holiness</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="834">which</s> he <sn="157">loved</s>, and hath <sn="1166">married</s> the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of a <sn="5236">strange</s><sn="410">god</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> will cut <sn="3772">off</s> the <sn="376">man</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="6213">doeth</s> this, the <sn="5782">master</s> and the <sn="6030">scholar</s>, out of the <sn="4480 168">tabernacles</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and him that <sn="5066">offereth</s> an <sn="4503">offering</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And <sn="2063">this</s> have ye <sn="6213">done</s><sn="8145">again</s>, <sn="3680">covering</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4196">altar</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> with <sn="1832">tears</s>, with <sn="1065">weeping</s>, and with crying <sn="603">out</s>, insomuch that he <sn="6437 413">regardeth</s><sn="4480 369">not</s> the <sn="4503">offering</s> any <sn="5750">more</s>, or <sn="3947">receiveth</s> it with good <sn="7522">will</s> at your <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Yet ye <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="5921 4100">Wherefore</s>? <sn="5921 3588">Because</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath been <sn="5749">witness</s><sn="996">between</s> thee and the <sn="802">wife</s> of thy <sn="5271">youth</s>, against <sn="834">whom</s><sn="859">thou</s> hast dealt <sn="898">treacherously</s>: yet is <sn="1931">she</s> thy <sn="2278">companion</s>, and the <sn="802">wife</s> of thy <sn="1285">covenant</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And did <sn="3808">not</s> he <sn="6213">make</s><sn="259">one</s>? Yet had he the <sn="7605">residue</s> of the <sn="7307">spirit</s>. And <sn="4100">wherefore</s><sn="259">one</s>? That he might <sn="1245">seek</s> a <sn="430">godly</s><sn="2233">seed</s>. Therefore take <sn="8104">heed</s> to your <sn="7307">spirit</s>, and let <sn="408">none</s> deal <sn="898">treacherously</s> against the <sn="802">wife</s> of his <sn="5271">youth</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> that he <sn="8130">hateth</s> putting <sn="7971">away</s>: for one <sn="3680">covereth</s><sn="2555">violence</s><sn="5921">with</s> his <sn="3830">garment</s>, <sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>: therefore take <sn="8104">heed</s> to your <sn="7307">spirit</s>, that ye deal not <sn="898 3808">treacherously</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Ye have <sn="3021">wearied</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> with your <sn="1697">words</s>. Yet ye <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="4100">Wherein</s> have we <sn="3021">wearied</s> him? When ye <sn="559">say</s>, Every <sn="3605">one</s> that <sn="6213">doeth</s><sn="7451">evil</s> is <sn="2896">good</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="1931">he</s><sn="2654">delighteth</s> in them; <sn="176">or</s>, <sn="346">Where</s> is the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="4941">judgment</s>? </v>