What follows is divine revelation. The word of the Lord came to Israel through Malachi:

Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, 'May the Lord be magnified even beyond the border of Israel!'"

Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god!

"I hate divorce," says the Lord God of Israel, "and the one who is guilty of violence," says the Lord who rules over all. "Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful."

"Remember the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey.