Ezekiel 44:12-14

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹² Because [the priests] ministered to [the people] before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity and guilt to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up My hand and have sworn against them, says the Lord God, that they shall bear the punishment for their iniquity and guilt.

¹³ And they shall not come near to Me to do the office of a priest to Me, nor come near to any of My holy things that are most sacred; but they shall bear their shame and their punishment for the abominations which they have committed.

¹⁴ Yet I will appoint them as caretakers to have charge of the temple, for all the service of the temple and for all that will be done in it.