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1. HE HATES OR GOD HATES ~
MALACHI 2:16
‘If he hates and divorces his wife,’ says the LORD God of
Israel, ‘he covers his garment with injustice,’ says the LORD
of Hosts. Therefore, watch yourselves carefully, and do not act
treacherously.
Malachi 2:16 (CSB)
In Malachi’s time, the ancient people of God, the Jewish
people, the men, were acting treacherously towards the
Lord and their wives (Malachi 2:10-16). The men had
defiled the Lord’s beloved sanctuary and laws by marrying
women who worshipped idols. Such marriages between
believers and non-believers (pagans) were forbidden. Such
unions would lead to apostacy. The Lord spoke through
the prophet Malachi to the men telling them to guard
their hearts and not to deal treacherously towards their
wives.
Treacherous Divorce
The men were behaving treacherously, as the New King
James Version of the Bible says, and this is mentioned
again and again (Malachi 2:10-16). The men hated their
wives.This unloving and hurtful behaviour led the men in
divorcing their wives. This was treacherous divorce.
‘The man who hates and divorces his wife,’ says
the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘does violence to the one he
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