^{7 Ref} For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

^{8 Ref} But you are turned out of the way; you have made the law hard for numbers of people; you have made the agreement of Levi of no value, says the Lord of armies.

^{9 Ref} And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.