Malachi 2:10-16

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Sin in the Family

¹⁰Do 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? ¹¹Judah 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. ¹²As 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.

¹³And 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. ¹⁴Yet 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.”

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Footnotes

Malachi 2:11 Or in that he has loved and married
Malachi 2:12 Or a grain offering
Malachi 2:13 Lit a second
Malachi 2:13 Or grain offering
Malachi 2:15 Or Did He not make one, although He had the remnant
Malachi 2:15 Or what did the one do while he was seeking
Malachi 2:16 Lit He hates
Malachi 2:16 Lit sending away
Malachi 2:16 Lit he covers

Jeremiah 3:6-14

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Faithless Israel

⁶Then the Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She ^(A)went up on every high hill and under every leafy tree, and she prostituted herself there. ⁷Yet ^(B)I ^[a]thought, ‘After she has done all these things she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her ^(C)treacherous sister Judah saw it. ⁸And I saw that for all the ^[b]adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and ^(D)given her a certificate of divorce, yet her ^(E)treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and prostituted herself also. ⁹And because of the thoughtlessness of her prostitution, she ^(F)defiled the land and committed ^[c]adultery with ^(G)stones and trees. ¹⁰Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but rather in ^(H)deception,” declares the Lord.

God Invites Repentance

¹¹And the Lord said to me, “^(I)Faithless Israel has proved herself to be more righteous than treacherous Judah. ¹²Go and proclaim these words toward the north and say,

‘^(J)Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the Lord;
‘^(K)I will not ^[d]look at you in anger.
For I am ^(L)gracious,’ declares the Lord;
‘I will not be angry forever.
¹³Only ^[e]^(M)acknowledge your wrongdoing,
That you have revolted against the Lord your God,
And have ^(N)scattered your ^[f]favors to the strangers ^(O)under every leafy tree,
And you have not obeyed My voice,’ declares the Lord.
¹⁴‘Return, you faithless sons,’ declares the Lord;
‘For I am a ^(P)master to you,
And I will take you, one from a city and two from a family,
And ^(Q)bring you to Zion.’