Isa 61:6, 66:19-21, Jer 33:18-22, Eze 44:15-16, Mal 1:6-10, 2:1-8 | ESV | STEP | but you shall be called the priests of the Lord ; they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God ; you shall eat the wealth of the nations , and in their glory you shall boast .

6 ^abut you shall be called the priests of the Lord;
they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God;
^byou shall eat the wealth of the nations,
and in their glory you shall boast.

Isaiah 66:19-21

19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them ^cI will send survivors to the nations, to ^dTarshish, ^ePul, and ^fLud, who draw the bow, to ^gTubal and ^hJavan, ⁱto the coastlands far away, ^jthat have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 ^kAnd they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations ^las an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 ^mAnd some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 33:18-22

18 ⁿand the Levitical priests shall never lack a man in my presence to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to make sacrifices forever.”

19 The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 20 ^o“Thus says the Lord: ^pIf you can break my covenant with the day and my covenant with the night, ^qso that day and night will not come at their appointed time, 21 ^rthen also my covenant with David my servant may be broken, so that he shall not have a son to reign on his throne, and my covenant with the Levitical priests my ministers. 22 As ^sthe host of heaven cannot be numbered and ^tthe sands of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of David my servant, and the Levitical priests who minister to me.”

Ezekiel 44:15-16

Rules for Levitical Priests

15 “But ^uthe Levitical priests, ^vthe sons of Zadok, who kept ^wthe charge of my sanctuary ^xwhen the people of Israel went astray from me, shall come near to me ^yto minister to me. And they shall stand before me to offer me ^zthe fat and the blood, declares the Lord God. 16 They shall enter my sanctuary, and they shall approach ^aamy table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge.

Malachi 1:6-10

The Priests’ Polluted Offerings

6 ^ab“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am ^aca father, where is my honor? And if I am ^ada master, where is my fear? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise my name. ^aeBut you say, ‘How have we despised your name?’ 7 ^afBy offering polluted food upon my altar. ^agBut you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that ^ahthe Lord’s table may be despised. 8 ^aiWhen you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the Lord of hosts. 9 And now ^ajentreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, ^akwill he show favor to any of you? says the Lord of hosts. 10 ^alOh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, ^amand I will not accept an offering from your hand.

Malachi 2:1-8

The Lord Rebukes the Priests

1 “And now, ^anO priests, ^aothis command is for you. 2 ^apIf you will not listen, if you will not take it to heart to give honor to my name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send ^aqthe curse upon you and I will curse ^aryour blessings. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you do not lay it to heart. 3 Behold, ^asI will rebuke your offspring, ^{▼▼Hebrew seed} and ^auspread dung on your faces, the ^avdung of your offerings, and you shall be taken away with it. ^{▼▼Or to it} 4 So shall you know that I have sent ^axthis command to you, that ^aymy covenant with Levi may stand, says the Lord of hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and ^azpeace, and I gave them to him. ^baIt was a covenant of fear, and he feared me. He stood in awe of my name. 6 ^bbTrue instruction ^{▼▼Or law; also verses 7, 8, 9} was in his mouth, and no wrong was found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and uprightness, and he ^bdturned many from iniquity. 7 For ^bethe lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people ^{▼▼Hebrew they} should seek instruction from his mouth, for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. 8 But you have turned aside from the way. ^bgYou have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted ^bhthe covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,