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Has not our God created us? Why do we deal treacherously, "" Each against his brother, "" To defile the covenant of our fathers? <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Judah has dealt treacherously, "" And abomination has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem, "" For Judah has defiled the holy thing of YHWH that He has loved, "" And has married the daughter of a strange god. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>YHWH cuts off the man who does it, "" Tempter and tempted—from the tents of Jacob, "" Even he who is bringing a present near to YHWH of Hosts.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And you do this a second time, "" Covering the altar of YHWH with tears, "" With weeping and groaning, "" Because there is no more turning to the present, "" Or receiving of a pleasing thing from your hand. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And you have said, “Why?” Because YHWH has testified between you "" And the wife of your youth, "" That you have dealt treacherously against her, "" And she [is] your companion, and your covenant-wife. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And He did not make one [only], "" And a remnant of the Spirit [is] for him. And what [is] the one [alone]! He is seeking a godly seed. And you have been watchful over your spirit, "" And with the wife of your youth, "" None deal treacherously. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“For He hates sending away,” said YHWH, God of Israel, "" “And he [who] has covered violence with his clothing,” said YHWH of Hosts, "" “And you have been watchful over your spirit, "" And you do not deal treacherously.”<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/malachi/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>You have wearied YHWH with your words, "" And you have said, “In what have we wearied Him?” In your saying, “Every evildoer [is] good in the eyes of YHWH, "" And He is delighting in them,” "" Or, “Where [is] the God of judgment?”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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