Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Malachi 2:11

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11. dealt treacherously —namely, in respect to the Jewish wives who were put away ( :- ; also Malachi 2:10 ; Malachi 2:15 ; Malachi 2:16 ). profaned the holiness of . . . Lord —by ill-treating the Israelites (namely, the wives), who were set apart as a people holy unto the Lord: "the holy seed" ( Ezra 9:2 ; compare Ezra 9:2- : ). Or, "the holiness of the Lord" means His holy ordinance and covenant ( Deuteronomy 7:3 ). But "which He loved," seems to refer to the holy people, Israel, whom God so gratuitously loved ( Deuteronomy 7:3- : ), without merit on their part ( Deuteronomy 7:3- : ). married, c.— ( Ezra 9:1 Ezra 9:2 ; Ezra 10:2 ; Nehemiah 13:23 , &c.). daughter of a strange god —women worshipping idols: as the worshipper in Scripture is regarded in the relation of a child to a father ( Nehemiah 13:23- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-12" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-mal-2-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/mal-2-11

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological