Malachi 2:11

Yehudah hath broken faith, 1 and a toeva (abomination) is committed 1 in Yisroel and in Yerushalayim; 1 for Yehudah hath committed chillul against 1 the Beis Hamikdash Hashem loves, 1 by marrying the bat el nekhar. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10Have we not all Av Echad? 1 Hath not El Echad created us? 1 Why do we commit chillul Brit Avoteinu 1 by every man breaking faith with his brother? 1

12May Hashem cut off from the ohalim of Ya'akov the man that doeth this, 1 being awake and aware, 1 yet who offereth a minchah unto Hashem Tzva'os. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 6:1And it came to pass, when HaAdam began to multiply on the face of ha'adamah, and banot were born unto them,

Leviticus 18:24Make not yourselves tamei in any of these things; for in all these the Goyim which I cast out before you became tamei;

Deuteronomy 7:3Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy bat thou shalt not give unto his ben, nor his bat shalt thou take unto thy ben.

Deuteronomy 33:26There is none like unto El Yeshurun, 1 who rideth upon Shomayim to be thy ezer (help), 1 and on the sky in His majesty. 1

1 Kings 11:1But Sh'lomo Hamelech loved nashim nokhriyyot rabbot (many foreign women), besides Bat Pharaoh: Moaviyyot, Ammoniyyot, Adomiyyot, Tzedeniyyot, Chittiyyot,

Ezra 9:12Now therefore give not your banot unto their banim, neither take their banot unto your banim, nor further their shalom or their prosperity ad olam, that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land and leave it for your banim ad olam.

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 →

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