Malachi 2:16 BSB — MannaFest

Malachi 2:16

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

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ASV

For I hate putting away, saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, and him that covereth his garment with violence, saith Jehovah of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Malachi (420)

(v. 13 ff.) And you have done this again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, weeping and groaning, so that I will no longer look upon your sacrifices or accept anything pleasing from your hands. Yet you ask, 'Why?' Because the Lord has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, whom you have despised, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. Did not one God create us all? Did not one God give us life and breath? And what does one seek, except the seed of God?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They did not perform their promises to them, but defrauded them of their maintenance or dower, or took in concubines, to share in the affection that was due to their wives only. [3.] They put them away, gave them a bill of divorce, and turned them off, nay, perhaps they did it without the ceremony that the law of Moses prescribed,

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Those that would be kept from sin must take heed to their spirits, for there all sin begins; they must keep their hearts with all diligence, must keep a jealous eye upon them and a strict hand, and must watch against the first risings of sin there.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

For the Lord - hateth putting away - He abominates all such divorces, and him that makes them. Covereth violence with his garment - And he also notes those who frame idle excuses to cover the violence they have done to the wives of their youth, by putting them away, and taking others in their place, whom they now happen to like better, when their own wives have been worn down in domestic services.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּֽי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
שָׂנֵ֣א	sa.Ne'	he hates	H8130 →
שַׁלַּ֗ח	sha.Lach	sending away	H7971 →
אָמַ֤ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְכִסָּ֤ה	ve.khi.Sah	and he will cover	H3680 →
חָמָס֙	cha.Mas	violence	H2555 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
לְבוּשׁ֔וֹ	le.vu.Sho	clothing his	H3830 →
אָמַ֖ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֑וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
וְנִשְׁמַרְתֶּ֥ם	ve.nish.mar.Tem	and you will take heed	H8104 →
בְּרוּחֲכֶ֖ם	be.ru.cha.Khem	in spirit your	H7307 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
תִבְגֹּֽדוּ׃ ס	tiv.Go.du	you must act treacherously	H898 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
leads to
- 1 John 1:8–10
  If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- Psalms 32:3–5
  When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Job 31:33
  if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
- Luke 15:18–24
  I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
- Jeremiah 3:12–13
  Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be…
Through
Luke 16:18
Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.
leads to
- Matthew 19:9
  Now I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery.”
- Mark 10:11–12
  So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
- Matthew 5:31–32
  It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’

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Where the connections lead

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Malachi