¹¹ And Uriah the priest built the altar; in accordance with all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so Uriah the priest made it, before King Ahaz arrived from Damascus.

¹⁰ For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying ^(A)to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a ^(B)servant^[a] of Christ.

⁷ For ^(A)the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people^[a] 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. ^(B)You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted ^(C)the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts, ⁹ and so ^(D)I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but ^(E)show partiality in your instruction.”

⁷ Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all ^(A)the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

^26 (A)Her priests ^(B)have done violence to my law and ^(C)have profaned my holy things. ^(D)They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and ^(E)they have disregarded my Sabbaths, ^(F)so that I am profaned among them.

² And ^(A)I will get reliable witnesses, ^(B)Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah, to attest for me.”