Malachi 2:11

Judah, hath dealt treacherously, and, an abomination, hath been wrought in Israel, and in Jerusalem,— for Judah, had profaned, the holy place of Yahweh, which he had loved, and hath taken to himself the daughter of a foreign GOD.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

10Is there not, one Father, to us all? Did not, one GOD, create us? Wherefore should we deal treacherously one with another, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

12May Yahweh, cut off, from the man that doeth it—him that crieth out and him that answereth, out of the tents of Jacob,— him also that bringeth near a present to Yahweh of hosts.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:1And it came to pass when men had begun to multiply on the face of the ground and daughters had been born to them,

Leviticus 18:24Do not make yourselves unclean in any of these things,—For in all these things, have the nations made themselves unclean, whom, I, am sending out from before you.

Deuteronomy 7:3neither shalt thou intermarry with them,—thy daughter, shalt thou not give unto his son, nor his daughter, shalt thou take for thy son;

Deuteronomy 33:26There is none like GOD, O Jeshurun,—Riding upon the heavens to thy help,—And for his own majesty, on the skies;

1 Kings 11:1But, King Solomon, loved many foreign women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh,—women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, Hittites:

Ezra 9:12Now, therefore, your daughters, do not ye give to their sons, and, their daughters, do not ye take for your sons, neither shall ye seek their prosperity nor their pleasure unto times age-abiding,—to the end ye may become strong, and may eat the good of the land, and may suffer your children to possess it, unto times age-abiding.

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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