Malachi 2:14

But you say, “Why does he not?” Because Yahweh was a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have been faithless, even though she was your companion and your wife by covenant.

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Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.

In Context

13You also do this: You cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping and sighing, because he still does not turn toward the offering or accept it with favor from your hand.

15Did he not make them one, with a portion of his spirit? Then why did he make you one? Because he was seeking an offspring from God. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:18Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helper suitable for him.”

Judges 11:10The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “May Yahweh be witness between us if we do not do as we say!”

Proverbs 2:17She forsakes the companion of her youth 1 and forgets the covenant of her God. 1

Proverbs 5:20For why should you, my son, be captivated by an adulteress; 1 why should you embrace the breasts of an immoral woman? 1

Ecclesiastes 9:9Live happily with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of uselessness, the days that God has given you under the sun during your days of uselessness. That is your reward in life for your work under the sun.

Isaiah 54:6For Yahweh has called you back as a wife abandoned and grieved in spirit, 1 like a woman married young and rejected,” says your God. 1

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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