16 If thou hatest her, [a]put her away, saith the Lord God of Israel, yet he covereth [b]the injury under his garment, saith the Lord of hosts: therefore keep yourselves in your spirit, and transgress not.

17 Ye have [c]wearied the Lord with your words: yet ye say wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Everyone that doeth [d]evil, is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them. Or where is the God of [e]judgment?

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Footnotes

  1. Malachi 2:16 Not that he doth allow divorcement, but of two faults he showeth, which is the less.
  2. Malachi 2:16 He thinketh it sufficient to keep his wife still, albeit he take others, and so as it were covereth his fault.
  3. Malachi 2:17 Ye murmur against God, because he heard not you as soon as ye called.
  4. Malachi 2:17 In thinking that God favored the wicked, and hath no respect to them that serve him.
  5. Malachi 2:17 Thus they blasphemed God in condemning his power and justice, because he judged not according to their fantasies.

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