Malachi 2:16

For Hashem Elohei Yisroel saith 1 that He hateth putting away: 1 for it covereth oneʼs garment with chamas (violence), 1 saith the Hashem Tzva'os: 1 therefore, be shomer of your ruach, 1 that ye deal not treacherously, breaking faith. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

In Context

15And did not Hashem make echad? 1 And the remnant of the ruach is Hashemʼs. 1 And why echad? 1 That He might seek zera Elohim. 1 Therefore be shomer of your ruach, 1 and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 1

17Ye have wearied Hashem with your devarim. 1 Yet ye say: Wherein have we wearied Him? 1 When ye say: Everyone that doeth rah 1 is tov in the sight of Hashem, 1 and in them Hashem finds chafetz; 1 or: Where is Elohei HaMishpat?

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Cross References

Proverbs 5:20And why wilt thou, beni (my son), be intoxicated with a zarah (strange woman), 1 and embrace the kheyk (bosom) of a nochriyah (foreign [heathen] woman)? 1

Isaiah 28:20For the matztza (bed, mattress) is shorter than one can stretch himself on it; 1 and the blanket narrower than that he can wrap himself in. 1

Isaiah 59:6Their webs shall not become beged (garments), 1 neither shall they cover themselves with their ma'asim; 1 their ma'asim are ma'asei aven (works of wickedness), 1 and the po'al chamas (act of violence) is in their hands. 1

Matthew 5:31It was also said, Whoever divorces his wife, let him give to her a “get,” a SEFER KERITUT + 5:31 Dt 24:1 (bill of divorce).

Mark 10:2And, having approached, the Perushim, testing him, were asking him, Is it mutar for a man to give a get (divorce) to his wife?

Matthew Henry on Malachi 2:11-17

Unlawful Marriages; Breach of the Marriage-covenant; Charge of Corrupt Principles. ( b. c. 400.) 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. 12 The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this,… Read the whole commentary →

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