Malachi 2:6

2:6 He taught what was true; 1  sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.

Malachi 2:14

2:14 Yet you ask, “Why?” The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, 2  to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law. 3 

Malachi 3:16

3:16 Then those who respected 4  the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. 5  A scroll 6  was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name.

1 tn Heb “True teaching was in his mouth”; cf. NASB, NRSV “True instruction (doctrine NAB) was in his mouth.”

2 tn Heb “the Lord is a witness between you and [between] the wife of your youth.”

3 sn Though there is no explicit reference to marriage vows in the OT (but see Job 7:13; Prov 2:17; Ezek 16:8), the term law (Heb “covenant”) here asserts that such vows or agreements must have existed. References to divorce documents (e.g., Deut 24:1-3; Jer 3:8) also presuppose the existence of marriage documents.

4 tn Or “fear” (so NAB); NRSV “revered”; NCV “honored.”

5 tn Heb “heard and listened”; NAB “listened attentively.”

6 sn The scroll mentioned here is a “memory book” (סֵפֶר זִכָּרוֹן, sefer zikkaron) in which the Lord keeps an ongoing record of the names of all the redeemed (see Exod 32:32; Isa 4:3; Dan 12:1; Rev 20:12-15).