Jeremiah 2:21-22
21 aYet I planted you a choice vine,wholly of pure seed.
bHow then have you turned degenerate
and become a wild vine?
22Though you wash yourself with lye
and use much soap,
cthe stain of your guilt is still before me,
declares the Lord God.
Hosea 12:8
8Ephraim has said, “Ah, but dI am rich;I have found wealth for myself;
in all my labors ethey cannot find in me iniquity or sin.”
Malachi 2:14-17
14 fBut you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord gwas witness between you and the wife of your youth, hto whom iyou have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 jDid he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union? ▼▼Hebrew in it
And what was the one God ▼▼Hebrew the one
seeking? ▼▼Or And not one has done this who has a portion of the Spirit. And what was that one seeking?
nGodly offspring. So guard yourselves ▼▼Or So take care; also verse 16
in your spirit, and let none of you be pfaithless to the wife of your youth. 16“For qthe man who does not love his wife but divorces her, ▼▼Hebrew who hates and divorces
says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers ▼▼Probable meaning (compare Septuagint and Deuteronomy 24:1–4); or “The Lord, the God of Israel, says that he hates divorce, and him who covers
his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and tdo not be faithless.” The Messenger of the Lord
17 uYou have wearied the Lord with your words. vBut you say, “How have we wearied him?” wBy saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, x“Where is the God of justice?”Malachi 3:7-8
7 yFrom the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. zReturn to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. aaBut you say, ‘How shall we return?’ 8Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. abBut you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ acIn your tithes and contributions.Malachi 3:13-14
13 ad“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. aeBut you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14You have said, af‘It is vain to serve God. agWhat is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts?Luke 10:29
29But he, ahdesiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
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