Malachi 2:11-16

English Standard Version

¹¹ Judah has been ^(A)faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For ^(B)Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. ¹² May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any descendant^[a] of the man who does this, who ^(C)brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!

¹³ And this second thing you do. ^(D)You cover the Lord's altar with tears, with weeping and groaning because he no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. ^14 (E)But you say, “Why does he not?” Because the Lord ^(F)was witness between you and the wife of your youth, ^(G)to whom ^(H)you have been faithless, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. ^15 (I)Did he not make them one, with a portion of the Spirit in their union?^[b] And what was the one God^[c] seeking?^{[d] (J)}Godly offspring. So guard yourselves^[e] in your spirit, and let none of you be ^(K)faithless to the wife of your youth. ¹⁶ “For ^(L)the man who does not love his wife but divorces her,^[f] says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers^[g] his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and ^(M)do not be faithless.”