Malachi 2:10–16

JUDAH’S MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS

¹⁰Don’t all of us have one Father?^e Didn’t one God create us?^f Why then do we act treacherously against one another,^g profaning^h the covenant of our ancestors?^{i 11}Judah has acted treacherously, and a detestable^j act has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned^k the Lord’s sanctuary,^Cl which he loves,^m and has married the daughter of a foreign god.^{Dn 12}May the Lord cut off^o from the tents of Jacob the man who does this, whoever he may be,^Ep even if he presents an offering to the Lord of Armies.

¹³This is another thing you do. You are covering the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning,^q because he no longer respects your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.^r

¹⁴And you ask, “Why?” Because even though the Lord has been a witness^s between you and the wife of your youth,^t you have acted treacherously against her. She was your marriage partner^u and your wife by covenant.^{v 15}Didn’t God make them one and give them a portion of spirit? What is the one seeking?^E Godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully,^Fw so that no one acts treacherously against the wife of his^G youth.

¹⁶“If he hates^x and divorces his wife,”^y says the Lord God of Israel, “he^A covers his garment with injustice,”^z says the Lord of Armies. Therefore, watch yourselves carefully,^B and do not act treacherously.