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Malachi 2:15-17
Christian Standard Bible
Malachi 2:15-17
Christian Standard Bible
15 Didn’t God make them one and give them a portion of spirit? What is the one seeking?[a] Godly offspring. So watch yourselves carefully,[b](A) so that no one acts treacherously against the wife of his[c] youth.
16 “If he hates(B) and divorces his wife,”(C) says the Lord God of Israel, “he[d] covers his garment with injustice,”(D) says the Lord of Armies. Therefore, watch yourselves carefully,[e] and do not act treacherously.
Judgment at the Lord’s Coming
17 You have wearied the Lord(E) with your words.
Yet you ask, “How have we wearied him?”
When you say, “Everyone who does what is evil is good in the Lord’s sight, and he is delighted with them,(F) or else where is the God of justice?” (G)
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Malachi 2:15-17
New International Version
Malachi 2:15-17
New International Version
15 Has not the one God made you?(A) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.[a](B) So be on your guard,(C) and do not be unfaithful(D) to the wife of your youth.
16 “The man who hates and divorces his wife,(E)” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”[b](F) says the Lord Almighty.
So be on your guard,(G) and do not be unfaithful.
Breaking Covenant Through Injustice
17 You have wearied(H) the Lord with your words.
“How have we wearied him?” you ask.(I)
By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased(J) with them” or “Where is the God of justice?(K)”
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,”
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