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II] :Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it!
 * And ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts;
 * And ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick;
 * Thus ye brought an offering:
 * Should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.
 * But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male,
 * And voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing:
 * For I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts,
 * And my name is dreadful among the heathen.


 * now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
 * If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart,
 * To give glory unto my name, saith the Lord 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.
 * Behold, I will corrupt your seed,
 * And spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts;
 * And one shall take you away with it.
 * And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you,
 * That my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.