¹² May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob any man who does this, both the one who is awake and the one who answers,^[a] even if he brings an offering to the Lord of Armies!

¹³ This is the second thing you do: You cover the Lord’s altar with tears, with weeping and crying, because there is no longer any favorable response to your offering, and God is not pleased with anything from your hand. ¹⁴ So you ask, “Why is this happening?” This is why—because the Lord is a witness in the case between you and the wife you married when you were young, because you have betrayed her—though she was your partner, the wife with whom you made a covenant!