Sin in the Family

¹⁰ Do we not all have ^(A)one Father? ^(B)Is it not one God who has created us? Why do we deal ^(C)treacherously, each against his brother so as to profane the ^(D)covenant of our fathers? ¹¹ Judah has dealt ^(E)treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has ^(F)profaned the sanctuary of the Lord ^[a]which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. ¹² As for the man who does this, may the ^(G)Lord eliminate from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and answers, or who ^(H)presents ^[b]an offering to the Lord of armies.

¹³ And this is ^[c]another thing you do: you cover the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and sighing, because He ^(I)no longer gives attention to the ^[d]offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. ¹⁴ Yet you say, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the ^(J)wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt ^(K)treacherously, though she is your marriage companion and your wife by covenant. ^15 [e]But not one has ^(L)done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And ^[f]why the one? He was seeking a ^(M)godly offspring. Be careful then about your spirit, and see that none of you deals ^(N)treacherously against the wife of your youth. ¹⁶ “For ^[g]I hate ^[h](O)divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and ^[i]him who covers his garment with ^(P)violence,” says the Lord of armies. “So be careful about your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”