Malachi 2:11

Juda has been forsaken, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Juda has profaned the holy things of the Lord, which he delighted in, and has gone after other gods.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 you⌃ not all one father? Did not one God create you? why have you⌃ forsaken every man his brother, to profane the covenant of your fathers?

12The Lord will utterly destroy the man that does these things, until he be even cast down from out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and from among them that offer sacrifice to the Lord Almighty.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:1And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, + 6:1 Alex. Chaph. Cham, and Japheth. And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,

Leviticus 18:24Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,

Deuteronomy 7:3neither shall you⌃ contract marriages with them: you shall not give your daughter to his son, and you shall not take his daughter to your son.

Deuteronomy 33:26There is not any such as the God of the beloved; he who rides upon the heaven is your helper, and the magnificent One of the firmament.

1 Kings 11:1+ 11:1 This verse, or part verse is not numbered in Brenton's text. Verse 1 is in the position below, following verse 3. And king Solomon was a lover of women. + 11:1 Note that the verses between this point and the beginning of verse 9 are in the order chosen by Brenton, and are marked thus: 1) etc. as they are numbered by Brenton.

Ezra 9:12And now give not your daughters to their sons, and take not of their daughters for your sons, neither shall you⌃ seek their peace or their good for ever: that you⌃ may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and transmit it as an inheritance to your children for ever.

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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