Malachi 2:13-17
13And this second thing you do. aYou cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. 14 bBut you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord cwas witness between you and the wife of your youth, dto whom eyou have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 fDid 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?
jGodly offspring. So guard yourselves ▼▼Or So take care; also verse 16
in your spirit, and let none of you be lfaithless to the wife of your youth. 16“For mthe 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 pdo not be faithless.” The Messenger of the Lord
17 qYou have wearied the Lord with your words. rBut you say, “How have we wearied him?” sBy saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, t“Where is the God of justice?”
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