Malachi 2:10-16

Common English Bible

¹⁰ Isn’t there one father for all of us,
    one God who created us?
Why does everyone cheat each other
    to make the covenant
        of our ancestors impure?
¹¹ Judah cheated—
        a detestable thing was done in Israel and Jerusalem.
    Judah made the Lord’s holy place impure, which God loved,
        and married the daughter of a foreign god.
¹² May the Lord eliminate anyone who does so from the tents of Jacob,
        anyone awaking, testifying,^[a]
        and making an offering to the Lord of heavenly forces.
¹³ You should do this as well:
        cover the altar of the Lord with tears, weeping, and groaning
            because there is still no divine favor for your offering or favorable regard
            for anything from your hand.
¹⁴ But you say, “Why?”
    Because the Lord testifies about you
            and the wife of your youth against whom you cheated.
    She is your partner,
            the wife of your covenant.
¹⁵ Didn’t he make her^[b] the one^[c]
    and the remnant of his spirit?^[d]
    What is the one?
        The one seeking godly offspring.
You should guard your own spirit.
    Don’t cheat on the wife of your youth
¹⁶         because he hates divorce,
says the Lord God of Israel,
            and he also hates the one covering his garment with violence,^[e]
says the Lord of heavenly forces.
        Guard your own life, and don’t cheat.