Malachi 2:14

Yet ye say, For what cause? Because, Yahweh, hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, with whom, thou, hast dealt treacherously, though, she, was thy consort, and thy covenant wife.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

13And, this, a second time, will ye do, covering with tears, the altar of Yahweh, weeping and making outcry,—because he will not again turn unto the gift, and receive [it] with acceptance, at your hands?

15Now was it not, One, [who] made [you] who had, the residue of the spirit? What, then, of that One? He was seeking a godly seed. Therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and, with the wife of thy youth, do not thou deal treacherously.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:18And Yahweh God said, It is, not good, that the man should remain alone,—I will make for him a helper as his counterpart.

Judges 11:10And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah—Yahweh himself, will be hearkening between us, if, according to thy word, so, we do not.

Proverbs 2:17Who forsaketh the friend of her youth, and, the covenant of her God, hath forgotten;

Proverbs 5:20Wherefore, then, shouldst thou stray, my son, with a strange woman? or embrace the bosom of a woman unknown?

Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life, with thy wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity,—for, that, is thy portion in life, and in thy toil wherewith, thou, art toiling under the sun.

Isaiah 54:6For, like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, hath Yahweh called thee,—Even the wife of youthful days, in that thou wast rejected saith thy God.

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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