Has not one God created us?
Why do we deal treacherously with one another
By profaning the covenant of the fathers?
Judah has dealt treacherously'
And an abomination has been committed in Israel and in JerUSAlem,
For Judah has profaned
The Lord's Holy Institution, which He loves:
He has married the daughter of a foreign god.
May the Lord cut off from the tents of Jacob
The man who does this, being awake and aware,
Yet who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts!
And this is the second thing you do:
You cover the alter of the Lord with tears,
With weeping and crying;
So He does not regard the offering any more,
Nor receive it with goodwill from your hands,
Yet you say, "For what reason?"
Because the Lord has been witness
Between you and the wife of your youth,
With whom you have dealt with treacherously;
Yet she is your companion
And your wife by covenant.
But, did He not make them one,
Having a remanant of the Spirit?
And why one?
He seeks godly offspring.
Therefore take heed to your spirit.
And let none deal treacherously
With the wife of his youth.
David McIntire.
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