¹³ And this is the second thing you do:
You cover the altar of the Lord with tears,
With weeping and crying;
So He does not regard the offering anymore,
Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands.
¹⁴ Yet you say, “For what reason?”
Because the Lord has been witness
Between you and ^(A)the wife of your youth,
With whom you have dealt treacherously;
^(B)Yet she is your companion
And your wife by covenant.
¹⁵ But ^(C)did He not make them one,
Having a remnant of the Spirit?
And why one?
He seeks ^(D)godly offspring.
Therefore take heed to your spirit,
And let none deal treacherously with the wife of his youth.

¹⁶ “For ^(E)the Lord God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one’s garment with violence,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
“Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously.”

^17 (F)You have wearied the Lord with your words;
Yet you say,
“In what way have we wearied Him?”
In that you say,
^(G)“Everyone who does evil
Is good in the sight of the Lord,
And He delights in them,”
Or, “Where is the God of justice?”

¹² “If I were hungry, I would not tell you;
^(B)For the world is Mine, and all its fullness.
^13 (C)Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?