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Malachi 2:13-16
New International Version
Malachi 2:13-16
New International Version
13 Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears.(A) You weep and wail(B) because he no longer looks with favor(C) on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.(D) 14 You ask,(E) “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness(F) between you and the wife of your youth.(G) You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.(H)
15 Has not the one God made you?(I) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.[a](J) So be on your guard,(K) and do not be unfaithful(L) to the wife of your youth.
16 “The man who hates and divorces his wife,(M)” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”[b](N) says the Lord Almighty.
So be on your guard,(O) and do not be unfaithful.
Footnotes
- Malachi 2:15 The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.
- Malachi 2:16 Or “I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “because the man who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,”
Malachi 2:13-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Malachi 2:13-16
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 And this is another thing you do: you cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and groaning,(A) because He no longer respects your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.(B)
14 Yet you ask, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness(C) between you and the wife of your youth.(D) You have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner(E) and your wife by covenant.(F) 15 Didn’t the one God make us with a remnant of His life-breath? And what does the One seek?[a] A godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully,[b](G) and do not act treacherously against the wife of your youth.
16 “If he hates(H) and divorces his wife,(I)” says the Lord God of Israel, “he[c] covers his garment with injustice,”(J) says the Lord of Hosts. Therefore, watch yourselves carefully,[d] and do not act treacherously.
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- Malachi 2:15 Or Did the One not make them? So their flesh and spirit belong to Him, or No one who does this even has a remnant of the Spirit in him; Hb obscure
- Malachi 2:15 Lit So guard yourselves in your spirit
- Malachi 2:16 Or The Lord God of Israel says that He hates divorce and the one who
- Malachi 2:16 Lit Therefore, guard yourselves in your spirit
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