¹⁰Do we not all have^o one father? Has not one God created us? Why then are we unfaithful to one another,^p profaning the covenant of our ancestors?^q ¹¹Judah has been faithless, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the sanctuary of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign^r god. ¹²May Yahweh cut off from the tents of Jacob the man who does this, the one who is awake and who answers, and the one who brings an offering to Yahweh of hosts!

¹³And this you do as well:^s you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because he^t no longer regards the offering^u or accepts it with favor from your hand. ¹⁴But you ask, “For what reason?”^v Because Yahweh stands as a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have been unfaithful, even though she is your marriage partner and your wife by covenant.^w ¹⁵Did not one God make them?^x But a remnant of the spirit is his.^y And what does the one God desire? An offspring of God.^z You must be attentive to^a your spirit, and you must not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth. ¹⁶“For I hate divorce,”^b says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “and he who covers his clothing with violence,” says Yahweh of hosts. “You must be attentive to^c your spirit and you must not be unfaithful.”

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Footnotes

oLiterally “Is for all of us not”
pLiterally “each man to his brother”
qOr “fathers”
rOr “pagan”
sLiterally “a second time”
tYahweh
uLiterally “there is no longer turning to the offering”
vLiterally “Because of what?”
wLiterally “the wife of your covenant”
xLiterally “Not one did he make”
yThe meaning of this sentence is difficult; literally “And a remnant of the spirit to him”
zOr “a godly offspring”
aLiterally “You must keep watch on”
bHebrew “sending away”
cLiterally “You must keep watch on”