Malachi 2:10-17

Have we not all one Father, the one God who created us? So why do we cheat one another and violate the covenant that God made with our ancestors? The people of Judah have been unfaithful. A horrible atrocity has been committed throughout the land and even in Jerusalem. They have married foreign women who worship their strange gods and in this way have defiled YAHWEH’s temple, which he loves. May YAHWEH punish the one who has done such a despicable thing, whoever he may be, even though he brings offerings to the Lord Almighty. May YAHWEH banish his entire family from the community of Israel! Another thing you do: You drown YAHWEH’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer values your offerings or accepts with pleasure what you bring him. “Why not?” you ask. It is because you promised before YAHWEH to be faithful to the wife you chose in your youth. She is your partner, and you are bound to her by covenant, yet you have betrayed her. Has God not made them one with a shared Spirit in their union? And what does he desire but godly children from your union? So guard your spirit and do not be disloyal to the wife of your youth. “I, YAHWEH, the God of Israel, say to you: ‘He who does not love his wife but hates her and divorces her overwhelms her with cruelty. So guard your spirit and do not abandon her.’ This is YAHWEH, Commander of Angel Armies, speaking to you.” You weary YAHWEH with your words. Yet you ask, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Evildoers are good in the eyes of YAHWEH, and he is pleased with them.” And you ask, “Where is the God of justice?”