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And now, O you priests, this commandment is for you.

If you will not hear and if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to My name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have already turned them to curses because you do not lay it to heart.

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:3 Instead of the edible portions of the sacrificed animals—the shoulder, cheeks, and stomach—which were the wages for the work of the priests (Deut. 18:3).

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