Mal 2:10, 15-16 | ESV | STEP | Have we not all one Father ? Has not one God created us? Why then are we faithless to one another , profaning the covenant of our fathers ?

j[See ver. 10 above]

k Matt. 5:32; Mark 10:9, 11; Luke 16:18; 1 Cor. 7:10

n[See ver. 10 above]

Malachi 2:10

Judah Profaned the Covenant

10 Have we not all ^aone Father? Has not ^bone God created us? Why then are we ^cfaithless to one another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Malachi 2:15-16

15 ^dDid 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?} ^hGodly offspring. So guard yourselves ^{▼▼Or So take care; also verse 16} in your spirit, and let none of you be ^jfaithless to the wife of your youth. 16 “For ^kthe 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 ⁿdo not be faithless.”