¹⁰Don’t all of us have one Father? ^aDidn’t one God create us? ^bWhy then do we act treacherously against one another, ^cprofaning ^dthe covenant of our fathers? ^e¹¹Judah has acted treacherously, and a detestable ^fthing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned ^gthe Lord’s sanctuary, ^hⁱwhich He loves, ^jand has married the daughter of a foreign god. ^k^l¹²To the man who does this, may the Lord cut off ^many descendants ⁿ^o^pfrom the tents of Jacob, even if they present an offering to the Lord of Hosts.

¹³And this is another thing you do: you cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning, ^qbecause He no longer respects your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands. ^r

¹⁴Yet you ask, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness ^sbetween you and the wife of your youth. ^tYou have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner ^uand your wife by covenant. ^v¹⁵Didn’t the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek? ^wA godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully, ^x^yand do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.

¹⁶“If he hates ^zand divorces his wife, ^a” says the Lord God of Israel, “he ^bcovers his garment with injustice,” ^csays the Lord of Hosts. Therefore, watch yourselves carefully, ^dand do not act treacherously.

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Footnotes

h2:11 Or profaned what is holy to the Lord
k2:11 = a woman who worshiped a foreign god
n2:12 One Hb , , read off one witnessing or answering
o2:12 off one waking or answering; Hb obscure
w2:15 Or Did the One not make them? So their flesh and spirit belong to Him, or No one who does this even has a remnant of the Spirit in him; Hb obscure
x2:15 So guard yourselves in your spirit
b2:16 Or The Lord God of Israel says that He hates divorce and the one who
d2:16 Therefore, guard yourselves in your spirit

Cross references

a2:10 Ex 4:22–23; Is 63:16; Hs 11:1; Mal 1:6; Jn 8:41
b2:10 Dt 32:6; Is 43:1–7; 64:8
c2:10 Ex 21:8; Jdg 9:23; Jb 6:15; Is 21:2; Jr 3:20
d2:10 Nm 30:2; Ps 55:20; 89:34; Mal 1:12
e2:10 1Kg 8:21
f2:11 Lv 18:22–30; Ezr 9:1–14; Neh 13:4–9
g2:11 Jr 16:18; Ezk 44:7
i2:11 Ex 36:1–6; Zph 3:4
j2:11 Ps 78:68–69
l2:11 Dt 7:3–4; Ezr 9:1–2, 10–14; Neh 13:23–30
m2:12 Ex 12:19; 31:14
p2:12 Ru 4:10; 1Sm 24:21
q2:13 Ps 6:6–10
r2:13 1Kg 8:28–30; Is 56:7
s2:14 Gn 31:50–53; Jdg 11:10; 1Sm 12:5
t2:14 Pr 2:16–17; 5:18; Is 54:6
u2:14 Ec 4:10
v2:14 Ezk 16:8, 59–62; Hs 2:16–20
y2:15 Ex 23:13; Jos 23:11
z2:16 Gn 29:31; Dt 21:15–17; 22:13, 16; Jdg 15:2; Pr 30:23
a2:16 Dt 24:1–4
c2:16 Gn 6:11, 13; Ps 73:6; Jr 22:3; Hab 1:2–3