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Malachi 2:13-15
1599 Geneva Bible
Malachi 2:13-15
1599 Geneva Bible
13 And this have ye done again, and [a]covered the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and with mourning: because the offering is no more regarded, neither received acceptably at your hands.
14 Yet ye say, [b]Wherein? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast transgressed: yet is she thy [c]companion, and the wife of thy [d]covenant.
15 And did not [e]he make one? yet had he [f]abundance of spirit: and wherefore one? because he sought a godly [g]seed: therefore keep yourselves in your [h]spirit, and let none trespass against the wife of his youth.
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- Malachi 2:13 Yet cause the people to lament, because that God doth not regard their sacrifices, so that they seem to sacrifice in vain.
- Malachi 2:14 This is another fault, whereof he accuseth them, that is, that they broke the laws of marriage.
- Malachi 2:14 As the one half of thyself.
- Malachi 2:14 She that was joined to thee by a solemn covenant, and by the invocation of God’s name.
- Malachi 2:15 Did not God make man and woman as one flesh and not many?
- Malachi 2:15 By his power and virtue he could have made many women for one man.
- Malachi 2:15 Such as should be born in lawful and moderate marriage, wherein is no excess of lusts.
- Malachi 2:15 Contain yourselves within your bounds, and be sober in mind, and bridle your affections.
Malachi 2:13-15
New International Version
Malachi 2:13-15
New International Version
13 Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears.(A) You weep and wail(B) because he no longer looks with favor(C) on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands.(D) 14 You ask,(E) “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness(F) between you and the wife of your youth.(G) You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.(H)
15 Has not the one God made you?(I) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.[a](J) So be on your guard,(K) and do not be unfaithful(L) to the wife of your youth.
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- Malachi 2:15 The meaning of the Hebrew for the first part of this verse is uncertain.
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