"For I hatedivorce,"saysthe LORD,the Godof Israel,"and him who covershis garmentwith wrong,"saysthe LORDof hosts."So takeheedto your spirit,that you do not dealtreacherously."
Thereforeprideis their necklace;The garmentof violencecoversthem.
He who concealshis transgressionswill not prosper,But he who confessesand forsakes[them] will findcompassion.
For whyshould you, my son,be exhilaratedwith an adulteressAnd embracethe bosomof a foreigner?
The bedis tooshorton which to stretchout, And the blanketis too smallto wraponeself in.
Thussaysthe LORD,"Whereis the certificateof divorceBy whichI have sentyour motheraway?Orto whomof My creditorsdid I sellyou? Behold,you were soldfor your iniquities,And for your transgressionsyour motherwas sentaway.
Their webswill not becomeclothing,Norwill they coverthemselves with their works;Their worksare worksof iniquity,And an actof violenceis in their hands.
"Everyonewho divorceshis wifeand marriesanothercommitsadultery,and he who marriesone who is divorcedfrom a husbandcommits adultery.
But to the marriedI give instructions,not I, but the Lord,that the wifeshould not leaveher husband
