¹ Now, this warning is for you priests. ² "If you don’t listen and honor My name, I will curse you and your blessings. Yes, I have already cursed them." ³ I will spread waste on your faces and make you ashamed." ⁴ "Then you will know that I have sent you this warning." ⁵ I made a covenant with Levi, and I gave him life and peace. He honored Me and feared Me. He spoke the truth and turned many away from sin." ⁶ "The teachings of a true priest bring peace, and people listen to his words." ⁷ "A priest should be a messenger of God’s truth, but you have turned away from this." ⁸ You have led many into sin by your teachings. You have broken the covenant with Levi." ⁹ "I will make you a disgrace among the people, because you have not followed My ways." ¹⁰ Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? So why do we break faith with each other?" ¹¹ "Judah has broken faith. Israel has done something vile. They have married people who worship idols." ¹² "God will cut off those who do this, even if they bring offerings to the Lord Almighty." ¹³ "You cover the Lord’s altar with tears, weeping and groaning because He no longer accepts your offerings." ¹⁴ You ask why He doesn’t accept your offerings. It’s because the Lord is witness to your vows. You have been unfaithful to the wife of your youth." ¹⁵ "God wants faithful marriages. Be loyal to the wife you married when you were young." ¹⁶ "The Lord hates divorce. He hates the one who covers himself with violence." ¹⁷ You wear out the Lord by asking, 'When will justice happen?' But God says, 'I will come to judge the wicked.'"