16. “For I hate divorce!” says the lord, the God of Israel. “To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,” says the lord of Heaven’s Armies. “So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife.”
17. You have wearied the lord with your words.“How have we wearied him?” you ask.You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the lord’s sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”