New American Standard Bible 1995

Malachi 2:13-16

13“This is 1another thing you do: you cover the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He 2no longer regards the 3offering 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 4wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt 5treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. 15 6But not one has 7done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And 8what did that one do while he was seeking a 9godly 10offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal 11treacherously against the wife of your youth. 16For 12I hate 13 14divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and 15him who covers his garment with 16 17wrong,” says the Lord of hosts. “So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”

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Notes

1. Malachi 2:13 Lit second ↩
2. Malachi 2:13 Jer 11:14; 14:12 ↩
3. Malachi 2:13 Or grain offering ↩
4. Malachi 2:14 Is 54:6 ↩
5. Malachi 2:14 Jer 9:2; Mal 3:5 ↩
6. Malachi 2:15 Or Did He not make one, although He had the remnant ↩
7. Malachi 2:15 Gen 2:24; Matt 19:4, 5 ↩
8. Malachi 2:15 Or why one? He sought a godly offspring ↩
9. Malachi 2:15 Ruth 4:12; 1 Sam 2:20 ↩
10. Malachi 2:15 Lit seed ↩
11. Malachi 2:15 Ex 20:14; Lev 20:10 ↩
12. Malachi 2:16 Lit He hates ↩
13. Malachi 2:16 Lit sending away ↩
14. Malachi 2:16 Deut 24:1; Matt 5:31; 19:6-8 ↩
15. Malachi 2:16 Lit he covers ↩
16. Malachi 2:16 Or violence ↩
17. Malachi 2:16 Ps 73:6; Is 59:6 ↩

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