15 Didn’t the Lord make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his.2:15 Or Didn’t the one Lord make us and preserve our life and breath? or Didn’t the one Lord make her, both flesh and spirit? The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. And what does he want? Godly children from your union. So guard your heart; remain loyal to the wife of your youth. 16 "For I hate divorce!"2:16a Hebrew For he hates divorcing. says the Lord, the God of Israel. "To divorce your wife is to overwhelm her with cruelty,2:16b Hebrew to cover one’s garment with violence." says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. "So guard your heart; do not be unfaithful to your wife."