Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
For 2,100 years — across the Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, the Geneva Bible, and more — Malachi 2:16 was never read as "God hates divorce." It was understood as a condemnation of husbands who treacherously betray and abandon their wives.
That changed in 1611, when the King James Bible introduced the "God hates divorce" interpretation. But when the Dead Sea Scrolls were published in the 1990s, Bible translators took a second look — and newer translations like the ESV and the Christian Standard Bible quietly dropped it.
Malachi isn't a book about keeping marriages together. It's a book about corrupt, violent leaders who exploit the vulnerable. Context changes everything. 🕊️
Read more about the verse and where the translation went wrong: lifesavingdivorce.com/malachi
#lifesavingdivorce #biblicalmarriage #church
For 2,100 years — across the Septuagint, the Latin Vulgate, the Geneva Bible, and more — Malachi 2:16 was never read as "God hates divorce." It was understood as a condemnation of husbands who treacherously betray and abandon their wives.
That changed in 1611, when the King James Bible introduced the "God hates divorce" interpretation. But when the Dead Sea Scrolls were published in the 1990s, Bible translators took a second look — and newer translations like the ESV and the Christian Standard Bible quietly dropped it.
Malachi isn't a book about keeping marriages together. It's a book about corrupt, violent leaders who exploit the vulnerable. Context changes everything. 🕊️
Read more about the verse and where the translation went wrong: lifesavingdivorce.com/malachi
#lifesavingdivorce #biblicalmarriage #church
