Dual Panel1And now, O ye priests <03548>_, this commandment <04687> [is] for you.
2If ye will not hear <08085> (8799)_, and if ye will not lay <07760> (8799) [it] to heart <03820>_, to give <05414> (8800) glory <03519> unto my name <08034>_, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_, I will even send <07971> (8765) a curse <03994> upon you, and I will curse <0779> (8804) your blessings <01293>_: yea, I have cursed <0779> (8804) them already, because ye do not lay <07760> (8802) [it] to heart <03820>_.
3Behold, I will corrupt <01605> (8802) your seed <02233>_, and spread <02219> (8765) dung <06569> upon your faces <06440>_, [even] the dung <06569> of your solemn feasts <02282>_; and [one] shall take you away <05375> (8804) with it. {corrupt: or, reprove} {spread: Heb. scatter} {one...: or, it shall take you away to it}
4And ye shall know <03045> (8804) that I have sent <07971> (8765) this commandment <04687> unto you, that my covenant <01285> might be with Levi <03878>_, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_.
5My covenant <01285> was with him of life <02416> and peace <07965>_; and I gave <05414> (8799) them to him [for] the fear <04172> wherewith he feared <03372> (8799) me, and was afraid <02865> (8738) before <06440> my name <08034>_.
6The law <08451> of truth <0571> was in his mouth <06310>_, and iniquity <05766> was not found <04672> (8738) in his lips <08193>_: he walked <01980> (8804) with me in peace <07965> and equity <04334>_, and did turn <07725> (0) many <07227> away <07725> (8689) from iniquity <05771>_.
7For the priest's <03548> lips <08193> should keep <08104> (8799) knowledge <01847>_, and they should seek <01245> (8762) the law <08451> at his mouth <06310>_: for he [is] the messenger <04397> of the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_.
8But ye are departed <05493> (8804) out of the way <01870>_; ye have caused many <07227> to stumble <03782> (8689) at the law <08451>_; ye have corrupted <07843> (8765) the covenant <01285> of Levi <03878>_, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_. {stumble at: or, fall in}
9Therefore have I also made <05414> (8804) you contemptible <0959> (8737) and base <08217> before all the people <05971>_, according <06310> as ye have not kept <08104> (8802) my ways <01870>_, but have been partial <05375> (8802) <06440> in the law <08451>_. {have been...: or, lifted up the face against: Heb. accepted faces}
10Have we not all one <0259> father <01>_? hath not one <0259> God <0410> created <01254> (8804) us? why do we deal treacherously <0898> (8799) every man <0376> against his brother <0251>_, by profaning <02490> (8763) the covenant <01285> of our fathers <01>_?
11Judah <03063> hath dealt treacherously <0898> (8804)_, and an abomination <08441> is committed <06213> (8738) in Israel <03478> and in Jerusalem <03389>_; for Judah <03063> hath profaned <02490> (8765) the holiness <06944> of the LORD <03068> which he loved <0157> (8804)_, and hath married <01166> (8804) the daughter <01323> of a strange <05236> god <0410>_. {loved: or, ought to love}
12The LORD <03068> will cut off <03772> (8686) the man <0376> that doeth <06213> (8799) this, the master <05782> (8802) and the scholar <06030> (8802)_, out of the tabernacles <0168> of Jacob <03290>_, and him that offereth <05066> (8688) an offering <04503> unto the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_. {the master...: or, him that waketh, and him that answereth}
13And this have ye done <06213> (8799) again <08145>_, covering <03680> (8763) the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068> with tears <01832>_, with weeping <01065>_, and with crying out <0603>_, insomuch that he regardeth <06437> (8800) not the offering <04503> any more, or receiveth <03947> (8800) [it] with good will <07522> at your hand <03027>_.
14Yet ye say <0559> (8804)_, Wherefore <04100>_? Because the LORD <03068> hath been witness <05749> (8689) between thee and the wife <0802> of thy youth <05271>_, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously <0898> (8804)_: yet [is] she thy companion <02278>_, and the wife <0802> of thy covenant <01285>_.
15And did not he make <06213> (8804) one <0259>_? Yet had he the residue <07605> of the spirit <07307>_. And wherefore one <0259>_? That he might seek <01245> (8764) a godly <0430> seed <02233>_. Therefore take heed <08104> (8738) to your spirit <07307>_, and let none deal treacherously <0898> (8799) against the wife <0802> of his youth <05271>_. {residue: or, excellency} {godly...: Heb. seed of God} {treacherously: or, unfaithfully}
16For the LORD <03068>_, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>_, saith <0559> (8804) that he hateth <08130> (8804) putting away <07971> (8763)_: for [one] covereth <03680> (8765) violence <02555> with his garment <03830>_, saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> of hosts <06635>_: therefore take heed <08104> (8738) to your spirit <07307>_, that ye deal not treacherously <0898> (8799)_. {that he...: or, if he hate her, put her away} {putting...: Heb. to put away}
17Ye have wearied <03021> (8689) the LORD <03068> with your words <01697>_. Yet ye say <0559> (8804)_, Wherein have we wearied <03021> (8689) [him]? When ye say <0559> (8800)_, Every one that doeth <06213> (8802) evil <07451> [is] good <02896> in the sight <05869> of the LORD <03068>_, and he delighteth <02654> (8804) in them; or, Where [is] the God <0430> of judgment <04941>_?