of Yahweh): the man who hates and divorces has done violence to others and to himself 2:16a b. Exhortation: keep up the spirit and avoid being unfaithful! 2:16b This unit is part of a larger address to the people of Judah that includes the foregoing unit (2:10–12). It is implicitly linked with its predecessor by the way it picks up themes mentioned in 2:10 but left untreated in 2:11–12, including the oneness of God and the intergenerational aspect of the covenant relationship. It is also explicitly