A. 2:1. And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

B. 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Yahweh of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

C. 3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces,

C’. even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

B’. 4 And ye shall know that I have sent

A’. 4 this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.