“So (A)I also have made you despised and of (B)low reputation [a]in the view of all the people, since you are not keeping My ways but are showing (C)partiality in the [b]instruction.”

Sin in the Family

10 Do we not all have (D)one Father? (E)Is it not one God who has created us? Why do we deal (F)treacherously, each against his brother so as to profane the (G)covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah has dealt (H)treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has (I)profaned the sanctuary of the Lord [c]which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.

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  1. Malachi 2:9 Lit to
  2. Malachi 2:9 Or law
  3. Malachi 2:11 Or in that he has loved and married

“So I have caused you to be despised(A) and humiliated(B) before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality(C) in matters of the law.”(D)

Breaking Covenant Through Divorce

10 Do we not all have one Father[a]?(E) Did not one God create us?(F) Why do we profane the covenant(G) of our ancestors by being unfaithful(H) to one another?

11 Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable(I) thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the Lord loves(J) by marrying(K) women who worship a foreign god.(L)

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  1. Malachi 2:10 Or father