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Don '
t we all have one father ?
Hasn '
t one God created us ?
Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother ,
profaning the covenant of our fathers ?
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Judah has dealt treacherously ,
and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem ;
for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves ,
and has married the daughter of a foreign god .
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Yahweh will cut off ,
to the man who does this ,
him who wakes and him who answers ,
out of the tents of Jacob ,
and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies .
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This again you do :
you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears ,
with weeping ,
and with sighing ,
because he doesn '
t regard the offering any more ,
neither receives it with good will at your hand .
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Yet you say , '
Why ?'
Because Yahweh has been witness between you and the wife of your youth ,
against whom you have dealt treacherously ,
though she is your companion ,
and the wife of your covenant .
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Did he not make you one ,
although he had the residue of the Spirit ?
Why one ?
He sought a godly seed .
Therefore take heed to your spirit ,
and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth .
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For I hate divorce ,"
says Yahweh ,
the God of Israel , "
and him who covers his garment with violence !"
says Yahweh of Armies . "
Therefore take heed to your spirit ,
that you don '
t deal treacherously .