Malachi 2:14

hath been witness Comp. Genesis 31:50.

of thy covenant To the tender recollection of "the kindness of youth and the love of espousals" (Jeremiah 2:2), and the binding force of years since spent together in intimate companionship, there is added the solemn obligation of the marriage contract, "the vow and covenant betwixt them made", of which God is here said to be the "witness", and which is elsewhere called, "the covenant of God", Proverbs 2:17.