Malachi 2:10-17Malachi serves as a kind of go-between in an ongoing conflict between the people and the LORD. He has already brought the LORD’s response to two complaints the people had, and in today’s text he reveals another. The people are asking “Where is the God of justice?” Malachi’s answer is that the God of justice is against his own people, not only because they have forsaken him for other gods, but also because they have been faithless to one another. They have broken their marriage covenants, and divorced the wives of their youth. The LORD intended for those marriages to demonstrate mutual love and faithfulness to him, as part of the divine covenant. Instead, the peoples’ faithlessness has covered their garments with violence, producing cruel, broken homes, further shaming the LORD in the eyes of the nations.
LORD, forgive us for our faithlessness toward one another. Restore our homes and our relationship with you, for your name’s sake.
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