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Malachi 2:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD God All-Powerful of Israel hates anyone who is cruel enough to divorce his wife. So take care never to be unfaithful!

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Their pride is like a necklace, and they commit sin more often than they dress themselves.

If you don't confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up.

Don't go mad over a woman who is unfaithful to her own husband!

your bed is too short, your blanket too skimpy.

The LORD says, “Children, I didn't divorce your mother or sell you to pay debts; I divorced her and sold you because of your sins.

but you can't make clothes with those webs or hide behind them. You're sinful and brutal.

It is a terrible sin for a man to divorce his wife and marry another woman. It is also a terrible sin for a man to marry a divorced woman.

I instruct married couples to stay together, and this is exactly what the Lord himself taught. A wife who leaves her husband