Malachi 2:11

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Summary

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.

And an

Revelation 21:8

Profaned

Jeremiah 2:3

And hath

Bible References

And an

Do not become unclean in any of these ways. By these practices all the nations that I am forcing out of your way have become unclean.

Then come and stand before me in this house. It is called by my name. You say, 'We are safe to do all these abominations.'

He lends money for interest and makes excessive profits. Will this person live? He will not live. He has done all these disgusting things. So he must die, and he will be responsible for his own death.

Some commit adultery, and others seduce their daughters-in-law or their half sisters.

But the fearful and unbelieving, abominable and murderers, fornicators and those practicing spiritism, idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur: which is the second death.

Profaned

If you will obey me and are faithful to the terms of my covenant, then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, for all the earth is mine.

I am Jehovah, the Holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too.

Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons.

You are a holy people to Jehovah your God. Out of all the people on the face of the earth Jehovah has chosen you to be a people for His own possession.

There is none like the God of Jeshurun (Israel). He rides the heavens to give you help. He goes through the skies in his majesty.

They joined in worshiping the god Baal while they were at Peor. They ate what was sacrificed to the dead.

Israel was dedicated (consecrated) to Jehovah. It was the best part of the harvest. All who consumed it became guilty, and disaster struck them,' says Jehovah.

And hath

Men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them.

They intermarried with them and worshiped their gods.

Solomon loved many women. They were of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites.

After these things were done, the captains came to me and said: The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands. They have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land. But still there is hope for Israel in this question.

I saw the Jews who were married to women of Ashdod and Ammon and Moab:

Like Adam, they have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me there.

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what communion does light have with darkness?