Study Desk

"Do we not all have ^(u)one father? ^(v)Has not one God created us? Why do we deal ^(w)treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the ^(x)covenant of our fathers?

Judah has dealt ^(y)treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has ^(z)profaned the sanctuary of the Lord ^[p]which He loves and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

As for the man who does this, may the ^(aa) Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who awakes and answers, or who ^(ab)presents ^[q]an offering to the Lord of hosts.

"This is ^[r]another thing you do: you cover the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He ^(ac)no longer regards the ^[s]offering or accepts it with favor from your hand.

Yet you say, ‘For what reason?' Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the ^(ad)wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt ^(ae)treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

^[t]But not one has ^(af)done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And ^[u]what did that one do while he was seeking a ^(ag)godly ^[v]offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal ^(ah)treacherously against the wife of your youth.

For ^[w]I hate ^[x](ai)divorce," says the Lord , the God of Israel, "and ^[y]him who covers his garment with ^[z](aj)wrong," says the Lord of hosts. "So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously."