Remember them, O Lord my God, that defile the priesthood, and the law of priests and Levites.

Remember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!

Be mindful of them, O my God, for the redeemed of the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

Keep them in mind, O my God, because they have put shame on the priests' name and on the agreement of the priests and the Levites.

O Lord, my God, remember against those who defile the priesthood and the law of the priests and the Levites!

Because they have defiled the priesthood - God, therefore, will remember their iniquities against them, and punish them for their transgressions. These words of Nehemiah are to be understood declaratively.

Remember them, O my God, because they have (n) defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
(n) Punish them according to their sin and the evil example they have given to the rest of the people contrary to their calling.

Remember them, O my God,.... The priests, and punish them: because they have defiled the priesthood; by marrying strange wives, and rendering themselves unfit to officiate in it:
and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites; made with Levi, Aaron, and Phinehas, see Numbers 24:11, of the corruption of which, complaint is made, Malachi 2:4.