Malachi 2:8-10

International Standard Version

⁸ “But you priests^[a] turned aside from the way, and by your teaching you caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the Lord of the Heavenly Armies. ⁹ “So I also made you despised, humiliating you before all of the people, because you aren’t following my ways and are showing partiality when you teach.”

A Plea and a Prayer from Malachi

¹⁰ Do we not have one father?^[b] Has not one God created us? Why does each of us act deceitfully, each man against his own brother, to profane the covenant of our ancestors?