¹⁴ You ask,^(A) “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness^(B) between you and the wife of your youth.^(C) You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.^(D)

¹⁵ Has not the one God made you?^(E) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.^[a](F) So be on your guard,^(G) and do not be unfaithful^(H) to the wife of your youth.

¹⁶ “The man who hates and divorces his wife,^(I)” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “does violence to the one he should protect,”^[b](J) says the Lord Almighty.

So be on your guard,^(K) and do not be unfaithful.