Malachi 2:3-5

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³ Behold, I will rebuke your seed [grain—which will prevent due harvest], and I will spread the ^[a]dung from the festival offerings upon your faces, and you shall be taken away with it.

⁴ And you shall know, recognize, and understand that I have sent this [new] decree to you priests, to be My [new] covenant with Levi [the priestly tribe], says the Lord of hosts.

⁵ My covenant [on My part with Levi] was to give him life and peace, because [on his part] of the [reverent and worshipful] fear with which [the priests] would revere Me and stand in awe of My name.