Malachi 2:10-12

International Standard Version

A Plea and a Prayer from Malachi

¹⁰ Do we not have one father?^[a] Has not one God created us? Why does each of us act deceitfully, each man against his own brother, to profane the covenant of our ancestors? ¹¹ Judah has become unfaithful, and a detestable thing was committed in Israel and Jerusalem. Indeed, Judah profaned the Holy Place of the Lord, which he loves, and married a daughter of a foreign god. ¹² May the Lord exclude from the community^[b] of Jacob any man who does this, whoever he may be,^[c] even though he brings offerings to the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.