Judah’s Unfaithfulness

Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?

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Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. 12 [As] for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob [everyone who is] awake and aware — even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.

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And this is another thing you do: You cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and groaning, because He no longer regards your offerings or receives them gladly from your hands.

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Yet you ask,“Why

It is because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have broken faith though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

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Has not [the LORD] made them one, having a portion of the Spirit And why one? Because He seeks godly offspring. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith with the wife of your youth.

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“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel.“He [who divorces his wife] covers his garment with violence,”[fn] says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.

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You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask,“How have we wearied Him?”

By saying,“All who do evil [are] good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or,“Where is the God of justice?” 3