1 ‘Now|strong="H6258", you|strong="H6258" priests|strong="H3548", this|strong="H2063" command|strong="H4687" is|strong="H3548" for|strong="H3548" you|strong="H6258".
2 If|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" hear|strong="H8085", and|strong="H3068" if|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" take|strong="H7760" it|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3068" heart|strong="H3820", to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" glory|strong="H3519" to|strong="H3068" my|strong="H8085" name|strong="H8034",’ says the|strong="H5921" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635", ‘Then|strong="H7971" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" lay|strong="H5414" a|strong="H3068" curse|strong="H3994" on|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588". I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7760" your|strong="H3068" blessings|strong="H1293" into|strong="H5921" curses|strong="H3994". Indeed|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" already done|strong="H7760" so|strong="H7971", because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" pay|strong="H5414" no|strong="H3808" attention|strong="H3820".
3 I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2233" punish your|strong="H5921" descendants|strong="H2233"! I|strong="H2005" will|strong="H2233" spread|strong="H2219" offal|strong="H6569" upon|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" faces|strong="H6440", even|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" offal|strong="H6569" of|strong="H6440" your|strong="H5921" pilgrim feasts|strong="H2282", you|strong="H6440" will|strong="H2233" be|strong="H6440" discarded.
4 You|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" then|strong="H1961" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" sent|strong="H7971" this|strong="H2063" command|strong="H4687" to|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", so|strong="H7971" that|strong="H3588" my|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878" may|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" preserved,’ says the|strong="H3588" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635".
5 ‘My|strong="H5414" covenant|strong="H1285" with|strong="H1285" him|strong="H5414" was|strong="H8034" to|strong="H1961" give|strong="H5414" life|strong="H2416" and|strong="H6440" peace|strong="H7965". I|strong="H5414" gave|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H5414" so|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1931" he|strong="H1931" might|strong="H2416" revere|strong="H3372" me|strong="H5414". He|strong="H1931" revered|strong="H3372" me|strong="H5414", and|strong="H6440" stood|strong="H2865" in|strong="H6440" awe|strong="H2865" of|strong="H6440" my|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034".
6 The|strong="H7725" true instruction|strong="H8451" was|strong="H1961" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7725" mouth|strong="H6310", and|strong="H1980" injustice|strong="H5766" was|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" found|strong="H4672" in|strong="H1980" his|strong="H7725" lips|strong="H8193"; He|strong="H3808" walked|strong="H1980" with|strong="H1980" me|strong="H7725" in|strong="H1980" peace|strong="H7965" and|strong="H1980" uprightness|strong="H4334", and|strong="H1980" turned|strong="H7725" many|strong="H7227" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" iniquity|strong="H5771".
7 For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" priest|strong="H3548"’s lips|strong="H8193" should|strong="H3068" keep|strong="H8104" knowledge|strong="H1847", and|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1931" should|strong="H3068" seek|strong="H1245" the|strong="H3588" law|strong="H8451" from|strong="H3068" his|strong="H8104" mouth|strong="H6310", because|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" messenger|strong="H4397" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635".
8 ‘But|strong="H1870" you|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3068" turned|strong="H5493" aside|strong="H5493" from|strong="H4480" that|strong="H3068" way|strong="H1870". You|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3068" caused many|strong="H7227" to|strong="H3068" stumble|strong="H3782" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" law|strong="H8451". You|strong="H4480" have|strong="H3068" corrupted|strong="H7843" the|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H3068" Levi|strong="H3878",’ says the|strong="H3068" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635".
9 ‘So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" I|strong="H5414" made|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" contemptible and|strong="H5971" degraded before|strong="H6440" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971", because|strong="H6440" you|strong="H5414" have|strong="H5971" not|strong="H5414" kept|strong="H8104" my|strong="H8104" ways|strong="H1870", and|strong="H5971" have|strong="H5971" had|strong="H5414" no|strong="H3605" respect|strong="H5375" for|strong="H6440" me|strong="H5414" in|strong="H6440" imparting the|strong="H3605" law|strong="H8451".’
10 Don’t we|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3605" all|strong="H3605" one|strong="H3605" father? Didn’t one|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808" created|strong="H1254" us? Why|strong="H4069" do|strong="H3605" we|strong="H3068" deal faithlessly with|strong="H1285" one|strong="H3605" another|strong="H3808", profaning|strong="H2490" the|strong="H3605" covenant|strong="H1285" of|strong="H3605" our|strong="H3605" ancestors?
11 Judah|strong="H3063" is|strong="H3068" treacherous, and|strong="H3063" abominations|strong="H8441" are|strong="H3478" committed|strong="H6213" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" and|strong="H3063" in|strong="H3478" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" because|strong="H3588" Judah|strong="H3063" has|strong="H3068" profaned|strong="H2490" the|strong="H3588" holy|strong="H6944" things|strong="H6944" loved by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*, and|strong="H3063" has|strong="H3068" married|strong="H1166" the|strong="H3588" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3068" foreign|strong="H5236" god|strong="H3068".
12 May|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* banish from|strong="H3772" the|strong="H6213" community of|strong="H3068" Jacob|strong="H3290" anyone who|strong="H3068" does|strong="H6213" this|strong="H6213", anyone awaking, testifying, and|strong="H3068" making|strong="H6213" an|strong="H6213" offering|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635".
13 And|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3947" also|strong="H3068" do|strong="H6213" this|strong="H2063": You|strong="H3947" cover|strong="H3680" the|strong="H3947" altar|strong="H4196" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3947" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* with|strong="H3068" tears|strong="H1832", because|strong="H3027" he|strong="H6213" doesn’t accept|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" offering|strong="H4503" any|strong="H5750" more|strong="H5750", doesn’t accept|strong="H3947" it|strong="H6213" from|strong="H3027" your|strong="H3068" hand|strong="H3027".
14 Yet|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" ask, ‘Why|strong="H4100"?’ Because|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* is|strong="H3068" testifying against|strong="H5921" you|strong="H3588" on|strong="H5921" behalf|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" wife you|strong="H3588" married when|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" were|strong="H5921" young. You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H3068" unfaithful to|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5921", even|strong="H3588" though|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" companion|strong="H2278", and|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" legal wife.
15 Did|strong="H6213" not|strong="H3808" the|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" everyone, so|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" all|strong="H6213" both flesh and|strong="H6213" spirit|strong="H7307" is|strong="H4100" his|strong="H8104"? And|strong="H6213" what|strong="H4100" does|strong="H6213" that|strong="H6213" one|strong="H3808" God|strong="H3808" seek|strong="H1245" but|strong="H3808" godly children|strong="H2233"? Therefore|strong="H6213" keep|strong="H8104" watch|strong="H8104" over|strong="H6213" your|strong="H8104" spirit|strong="H7307", and|strong="H6213" let|strong="H3808" none|strong="H3808" of|strong="H7307" you|strong="H6213" deal|strong="H6213" faithlessly with|strong="H6213" the|strong="H6213" wife of|strong="H7307" your|strong="H8104" youth|strong="H5271".
16 ‘A|strong="H3068" man who|strong="H3068" divorces|strong="H7971" or|strong="H3808" puts|strong="H7971" away|strong="H7971" his|strong="H8104" wife,’ says \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*, the|strong="H5921" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" Israel|strong="H3478", ‘overwhelms|strong="H3680" her|strong="H7971" with|strong="H3068" cruelty|strong="H2555".’ The|strong="H5921" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* of|strong="H3068" hosts|strong="H6635" says: ‘Keep|strong="H8104" watch|strong="H8104" over|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3068" spirit|strong="H7307", do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" unfaithful.’
17 You|strong="H3605" have|strong="H3068" wearied|strong="H3021" the|strong="H3605" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w* with|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" words|strong="H1697". You|strong="H3605" ask, ‘How|strong="H4100" have|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3068" wearied|strong="H3021" him|strong="H6213"?’ By|strong="H3068" saying|strong="H1697", ‘Everyone|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" does|strong="H6213" evil|strong="H7451" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H5869" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*, and|strong="H3068" he|strong="H1931" delights|strong="H2654" in|strong="H3068" them|strong="H6213".’ Or|strong="H2896", ‘Where|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068" of|strong="H3068" justice|strong="H4941"?’