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Malachi 2:11

Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.

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ASV

Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of Jehovah which he loveth, and hath married the daughter of a foreign god.

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בָּגְדָ֣הba.ge.Dahit has acted treacherouslyH898 →
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
וְתוֹעֵבָ֛הve.to.'e.Vahand an abominationH8441 →
נֶעֶשְׂתָ֥הne.'es.Tahit has been doneH6213 →
בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לve.Yis.ra.'Elin IsraelH3478 →
וּבִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑םu.vi.ru.sha.Limand in JerusalemH3389 →
כִּ֣י׀kiforH3588 →
חִלֵּ֣לchi.Lelit has profanedH2490 →
יְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
קֹ֤דֶשׁKo.desh[the] sanctuary ofH6944 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
אָהֵ֔ב'a.Hevhe lovesH157 →
וּבָעַ֖לu.va.'Aland it has marriedH1166 →
בַּת־bat-a daughter ofH1323 →
אֵ֥ל'ela god ofH410 →
נֵכָֽר׃ne.KharforeignnessH5236 →

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Malachi 2:10Do we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?2 Corinthians 6:14–18Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?2 Corinthians 6:14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?Hosea 7:8Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.Ezra 9:1–2After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.Ezra 9:2Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”Psalms 81:9There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.Nehemiah 13:23–29In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.Exodus 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”1 Kings 11:1–8King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women.Psalms 106:34–39They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,Deuteronomy 7:3–6Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons,Leviticus 20:26You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.1 Corinthians 7:39A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, as long as he belongs to the Lord.1 Kings 11:2These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.Isaiah 48:8You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.John 8:41You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”

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