Malachi 2:11 KJV
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.
Matthew Henry
- The people reproved for their evil practicesCorrupt practices are the fruit of corrupt principles; and he who is false to his God, will not be true to his fellow mortals. In contempt of the marriage...
Thompson Chains
- AbominationsSee the chain from Deuteronomy 7:25 · 8 links
- God'sSee the chain from Numbers 16:28 · 3 links
- AdulterySee the chain from Judges 2:17 · 13 links
Cross References
- Ezra 9:1–2 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. …
- Genesis 6:1–2 And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, …
- Exodus 19:5–6 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: …
- Leviticus 18:24–30 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: …
- Leviticus 20:26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
- Deuteronomy 7:3–6 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. …
- Deuteronomy 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
- Deuteronomy 33:26–29 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. …
- Judges 3:6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
- 1 Kings 11:1–8 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; …
- Ezra 9:12 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
- Ezra 10:2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
- Nehemiah 13:23–29 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: …
- Psalms 106:28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
- Psalms 106:34–39 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: …
- Jeremiah 2:3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 2:7–8 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. …
- Jeremiah 2:21–22 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? …
- Jeremiah 3:7–9 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. …
- Jeremiah 7:10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
- Ezekiel 18:13 Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.
- Ezekiel 22:11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
- Hosea 6:7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
- 2 Corinthians 6:14–18 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? …
- Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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Topics
- Idolatry Warnings against, and punishments of
- Malachi Reproves God’s people for their impiety
- Marriage Wives among the Israelites must be Israelites
- Wicked (people) Prayer of Wicked
Places
- JerusalemTown · Location well established
- Places in Malachi 2 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- JudahPraise, the fourth son of Jacob by Leah. The name originated in Leah’s words of praise to the Lord on account of his birth: “Now will I...
- IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...
- JerusalemCalled also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of...
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Judah יְהוּדָה yĕhûdâ יְהוּדָה Proper name
- hath dealt treacherously בָּגְדָה bāgĕdâ בָּגַד Verb · qal perfect, third person feminine singular
- and an abomination וְתוֹעֵבָה wĕtôʿēbâ תּוֹעֵבַה Noun · feminine singular · with and
- is committed נֶעֶשְׂתָה neʿeśtâ עָשָׂה Verb · niphal perfect, third person feminine singular
- in Israel בְיִשְׂרָאֵל bĕyiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name · with preposition
- and in Jerusalem וּבִירוּשָׁלִָם ûbîrûšālim יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם Proper name · with and, preposition
- for Judah יְהוּדָה yĕhûdâ יְהוּדָה Proper name
- hath profaned כִּי kî Conjunction חִלֵּל ḥillēl חָלַל Verb · piel perfect, third person masculine singular
- the holiness קֹדֶשׁ qōdeš קֹדֶשׁ Noun · masculine singular construct
- of the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- which he loved אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative אָהֵב ʾāhēb אָהַב Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- and hath married וּבָעַל ûbāʿal בָּעַל Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular · with and
- the daughter בַּת bat בַּת Noun · feminine singular construct
- of a strange נֵכָר nēkār נֵכָר Noun · masculine singular
- god אֵל ʾēl אֵל Noun · masculine singular construct
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