transgression and deception against the Lord,
turning away from following our God,
speaking oppression and revolt,
conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.

This is what the Lord says:

The man who trusts in mankind,
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.

Surely the Levites who wandered away from Me when Israel went astray, and who strayed from Me after their idols, will bear the consequences of their sin.

we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from Your commands and ordinances.

Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.

Ye have caused

“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people because you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in your instruction.”

So the servants’ sin was very severe in the presence of the Lord, because they treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

The leaders of the people mislead them,
and those they mislead are swallowed up.

Yet My people have forgotten Me.
They burn incense to false idols
that make them stumble in their ways
on the ancient roads
and walk on new paths, not the highway.

because both prophet and priest are ungodly,
even in My house I have found their evil.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they don’t wash their hands when they eat!”

One of the experts in the law answered Him, “Teacher, when You say these things You insult us too.”

and if you are convinced that you are a guide for the blind, a light to those in darkness,

It is a noble thing not to eat meat, or drink wine, or do anything that makes your brother stumble.

Ye have corrupted

“My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave these to him; it called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name.

so that he does not corrupt his bloodline among his people, for I am Yahweh who sets him apart.”

Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood as well as the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

General references

The Levites will proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:

They must teach My people the difference between the holy and the common, and explain to them the difference between the clean and the unclean.