Malachi 2:10-12

New International Version

Breaking Covenant Through Divorce

¹⁰ Do we not all have one Father^[a]?^(A) Did not one God create us?^(B) Why do we profane the covenant^(C) of our ancestors by being unfaithful^(D) to one another?

¹¹ Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable^(E) thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves^(F) by marrying^(G) women who worship a foreign god.^{(H) 12} As for the man who does this, whoever he may be, may the Lord remove^(I) him from the tents of Jacob^[b](J)—even though he brings an offering^(K) to the Lord Almighty.