Malachi 2:10–16

^10aHave we not all one father?

^bHath not one God created us?

Why do we ^cdeal treacherously every man against his brother,

^dBy profaning the covenant of our fathers?

¹¹Judah hath ^cdealt treacherously,

And an abomination is committed in ^eIsrael and in Jerusalem;

For Judah hath profaned ^fthe holiness of the Lord which he loved,

^gAnd hath ^hmarried ⁱthe daughter of a strange god.

¹²The Lord will cut off the man that doth this, the master and ^mthe scholar,

Out of the tabernacles of Jacob,

And ⁿhim that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts.

¹³And this have ye done again,

Covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out,

Insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more,

Or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

^14oYet ye say, Wherefore?

Because ^pthe Lord hath been witness between thee and ^qthe wife of thy youth,

Against whom thou hast ^cdealt treacherously:

Yet is she ^rthy companion, and ^rthe wife of thy covenant.

¹⁵And ^sdid not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit.

And wherefore one? That he might seek ^ta godly seed.

^uTherefore take heed to your spirit,

And let none ^cdeal treacherously against ^qthe wife of his youth.

¹⁶For ^vthe Lord, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away:

For one covereth violence ^wwith his garment, saith the Lord of hosts:

^uTherefore take heed to your spirit, that ye ^cdeal not treacherously.