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Malachi 2:10

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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ASV

Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

KJV

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?

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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲל֨וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
אָ֤ב'av[does] a fatherH1 →
אֶחָד֙'e.ChadoneH259 →
לְכֻלָּ֔נוּle.khu.La.nu[belong] to all of usH3605 →
הֲל֛וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808 →
אֵ֥ל'elGodH410 →
אֶֽחָ֖ד'e.ChadoneH259 →
בְּרָאָ֑נוּbe.ra.'A.nudid he create usH1254 →
מַדּ֗וּעַma.Du.a'why?H4069 →
נִבְגַּד֙niv.Gaddo we deal treacherouslyH898 →
אִ֣ישׁ'isheachH376 →
בְּאָחִ֔יוbe.'a.Chivwith brother hisH251 →
לְחַלֵּ֖לle.cha.Lelto profaneH2490 →
בְּרִ֥יתbe.Rit[the] covenant ofH1285 →
אֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃'a.vo.Tei.nuancestors ourH1 →

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Psalms 100:3Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.Malachi 2:11Judah 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.Acts 17:26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.1 Corinthians 8:6yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.Ephesians 4:6one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.Isaiah 63:16Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.Isaiah 64:8But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.Micah 7:2–6The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.Matthew 3:9And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.Acts 7:26The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’Malachi 2:14–15Yet 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.Job 31:15Did not He who made me in the womb also make them? Did not the same One form us in the womb?Isaiah 43:15I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, and your King.”Matthew 22:16They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.Isaiah 43:7everyone called by My name and created for My glory, whom I have indeed formed and made.”Ezra 9:11–14that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.Ezekiel 33:24“Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been given to us as a possession.’Malachi 2:8But you have departed from the way, and your instruction has caused many to stumble. You have violated the covenant of Levi,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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