Malachi 2:1-8

CAB(i) 1 And now, O priests, this commandment is to you. 2 If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to My name, says the Lord Almighty, then I will send forth the curse upon you, and I will bring a curse upon your blessing: yes, I will curse it, and I will scatter your blessing, and it shall not exist among you, because you take this not to heart. 3 Behold, I turn My back upon you, and I will scatter dung upon your faces, the dung of your feasts, and I will carry you away at the same time. 4 And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that My covenant might be with the sons of Levi, says the Lord Almighty. 5 My covenant of life and peace was with him, and I gave it to him that he might reverently fear Me, and that he might be awe struck at My name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked before Me directing his way in peace, and he turned many from unrighteousness. 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord Almighty. 8 But you have turned aside from the way, and caused many to fail in following the law: you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord Almighty.