¹⁰ “‘The Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray^(A) and who wandered from me after their idols must bear the consequences of their sin.^(B)

¹² But because they served them in the presence of their idols and made the people of Israel fall^(A) into sin, therefore I have sworn with uplifted hand^(B) that they must bear the consequences of their sin, declares the Sovereign Lord.^(C)