Malachi 2:10

¹⁰Numquid non pater unus omnium nostrum? Numquid non Deus unus creavit nos? Quare ergo dolum facit unusquisque nostrum cum fratre suo, violans pactum patrum nostrorum?d

Malachi 2 shifts from God's love for Israel to a courtroom indictment of the priests and the people. The chapter exposes covenant unfaithfulness on two fronts: the priests have corrupted worship through negligent teaching and partiality, and the people have broken faith with one ano