Malachi 2:11
Judah has dealt treacherously, || And abomination has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem, || For Judah has defiled the holy thing of YHWH that He has loved, || And has married the daughter of a strange god.
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Genesis 6:1And it comes to pass that mankind has begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,
Leviticus 18:24Do not defile yourselves with all these, for with all these the nations have been defiled which I am sending away from before you;
Deuteronomy 7:3And you do not join in marriage with them; you do not give your daughter to his son, and you do not take his daughter to your son,
Deuteronomy 33:26[There is] none like the God of Yeshurun, || Riding the heavens to your help, || And in His excellence the skies.
1 Kings 11:1And King Solomon has loved many strange women, and the daughter of Pharaoh, females of Moab, Ammon, Edom, Sidon, [and] of the Hittites,
Ezra 9:12and now, your daughters you do not give to their sons, and their daughters you do not take to your sons, and you do not seek their peace, and their good—for all time, so that you are strong, and have eaten the good of the land, and given possession to your sons for all time.
Matthew Henry on Malachi 2:11-17
Unlawful Marriages; Breach of the Marriage-covenant; Charge of Corrupt Principles. ( b. c. 400.) 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. 12 The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this,… Read the whole commentary →