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A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated the sanctuary the LORD loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god. <a href="/nlt/malachi/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> Judah has been unfaithful, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. The men of Judah have defiled the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying women who worship idols. <a href="/esv/malachi/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. <a href="/bsb/malachi/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/malachi/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/malachi/2.htm">New King James Version</a> Judah has dealt treacherously, And an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem, For Judah has profaned The LORD’s holy institution which He loves: He has married the daughter of a foreign god. <a href="/nasb_/malachi/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. <a href="/nasb/malachi/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD which He loves and has married the daughter of a foreign god. <a href="/nasb77/malachi/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. <a href="/lsb/malachi/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of Yahweh which He loves and has married the daughter of a foreign god. <a href="/amp/malachi/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Judah has been treacherous (disloyal), and a repulsive act has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. <a href="/csb/malachi/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Judah has acted treacherously, and a detestable act has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s sanctuary, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. <a href="/hcsb/malachi/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Judah has acted treacherously, and a detestable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD&#8217s sanctuary, which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. <a href="/asv/malachi/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/malachi/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You people in Judah and Jerusalem have been unfaithful to the LORD. You have disgraced the temple that he loves, and you have committed the disgusting sin of marrying the worshipers of other gods. <a href="/erv/malachi/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 loveth, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. <a href="/gwt/malachi/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Judah has been unfaithful! A disgusting thing has been done in Israel and Jerusalem. Judah has dishonored the holy place that the LORD loves and has married a woman who worships a foreign god. <a href="/gnt/malachi/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> The people of Judah have broken their promise to God and done a horrible thing in Jerusalem and all over the country. They have defiled the Temple which the LORD loves. Men have married women who worship foreign gods. <a href="/isv/malachi/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> Judah has become unfaithful, and a detestable thing was committed in Israel and Jerusalem. Indeed, Judah profaned the Holy Place of the LORD, which he loves, and married a daughter of a foreign god. <a href="/msb/malachi/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/malachi/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the LORD loves and has turned to a foreign god! <a href="/nheb/malachi/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. <a href="/wbt/malachi/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD whom he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. <a href="/web/malachi/2.htm">World English Bible</a> Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of Yahweh which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/malachi/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Judah has dealt treacherously, "" And abomination has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem, "" For Judah has defiled the holy thing of YHWH that He has loved, "" And has married the daughter of a strange god. <a href="/ylt/malachi/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Dealt treacherously hath Judah, And abomination hath been done in Israel, and in Jerusalem, For polluted hath Judah the holy thing of Jehovah, That He hath loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. <a href="/slt/malachi/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Judah dealt faithlessly, and an abomination was done in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah profaned the holy place of Jehovah which he loved, and married the daughter of a strange god.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/malachi/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Juda hath transgressed, and abomination hath been committed in Israel, and in Jerusalem: for Juda hath profaned the holiness of the Lord, which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange God. <a href="/cpdv/malachi/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Judah has transgressed, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has contaminated the sanctified of the Lord, which he loved, and has held the daughter of a strange god. <a href="/nabre/malachi/2.htm">New American Bible</a> Judah has broken faith; an abominable thing has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. Judah has profaned the LORD’s holy place, which he loves, and has married a daughter of a foreign god. <a href="/nrsvce/malachi/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/malachi/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD of hosts and has loved and served foreign gods. <a href="/hpbt/malachi/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Yehuda has been treacherous and defilement has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem, because Yehuda has defiled the holiness of LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, and has loved and has worshiped foreign gods<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/malachi/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 loveth, And hath married the daughter of a strange god. <a href="/sep/malachi/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Juda has been forsaken, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Juda has profaned the holy things of the Lord, which he delighted in, and has gone after other gods. <a href="/parallel/malachi/2-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/B6KyAs1WSHw?start=332" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/malachi/2.htm">Judah's Unfaithfulness</a> 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? 11<a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/898.htm" title="898: bā·ḡə·ḏāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To act or deal treacherously. A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage.">has broken faith;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8441.htm" title="8441: wə·ṯō·w·‘ê·ḇāh (Conj-w:: N-fs) -- Or tonebah; feminine active participle of ta'ab; properly, something disgusting, i.e. an abhorrence; especially idolatry or an idol.">an abomination</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ne·‘eś·ṯāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">has been committed</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: ḇə·yiś·rā·’êl (Prep-b:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">in Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: ū·ḇî·rū·šā·lim (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">and in Jerusalem.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: ḥil·lêl (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">has profaned</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ā·hêḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">beloved</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qō·ḏeš (N-msc) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">sanctuary</a> <a href="/hebrew/1166.htm" title="1166: ū·ḇā·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To marry, rule over. A primitive root; to be master; hence, to marry.">by marrying</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ- (N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">the daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/5236.htm" title="5236: nê·ḵār (N-ms) -- That which is foreign, foreignness. From nakar; foreign, or a foreigner, or heathendom.">of a foreign</a> <a href="/hebrew/410.htm" title="410: ’êl (N-msc) -- God, in pl. gods. Shortened from 'ayil; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty.">god.</a> 12As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezra/9-1.htm">Ezra 9:1-2</a> After 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. / Indeed, 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!” <a href="/nehemiah/13-23.htm">Nehemiah 13:23-27</a> In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. / Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or of the other peoples, but could not speak the language of Judah. / I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! ... <a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a> Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, / because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you. <a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-4</a> King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh—women of Moab, Ammon, Edom, and Sidon, as well as Hittite women. / These 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. / He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines—and his wives turned his heart away. ... <a href="/judges/3-5.htm">Judges 3:5-6</a> Thus the Israelites continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. / And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. <a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15-16</a> Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices. / And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a> Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ... <a href="/1_corinthians/7-39.htm">1 Corinthians 7:39</a> A 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. <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9-10</a> But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. / Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. <a href="/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3-4</a> I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled. / Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD. <a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Jeremiah 3:8-9</a> She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well. / Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. <a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-30</a> Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves. / Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants. / But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you. ... <a href="/joshua/23-12.htm">Joshua 23:12-13</a> For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them, / know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you. <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-8</a> All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. <a href="/romans/11-1.htm">Romans 11:1-2</a> I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. / God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a strange god.and an.<a href="/leviticus/18-24.htm">Leviticus 18:24-30</a> Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: … <a href="/jeremiah/7-10.htm">Jeremiah 7:10</a> 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?<a href="/ezekiel/18-13.htm">Ezekiel 18:13</a> 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.profaned.<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5,6</a> 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: … <a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Leviticus 20:26</a> 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.<a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-6</a> 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… loved.<a href="/genesis/6-1.htm">Genesis 6:1,2</a> And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, … <a href="/judges/3-6.htm">Judges 3:6</a> And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.<a href="/1_kings/11-1.htm">1 Kings 11:1-8</a> But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites; … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/12-11.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/daniel/9-5.htm">Acting</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-16.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/hosea/6-9.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-12.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-6.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/zechariah/2-8.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-39.htm">Desecrated</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-7.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/nahum/3-6.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/zechariah/13-3.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/haggai/2-22.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-21.htm">Holiness</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-21.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/malachi/1-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-21.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-21.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/malachi/1-2.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/hosea/12-7.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/joel/2-16.htm">Married</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-4.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-10.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">Treacherously</a> <a href="/malachi/1-12.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/15-8.htm">Unfaithfully</a> <a href="/amos/7-17.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Abomination</a> <a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Acting</a> <a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/matthew/5-28.htm">Committed</a> <a href="/matthew/9-18.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Dealt</a> <a href="/luke/7-2.htm">Dear</a> <a href="/acts/21-28.htm">Desecrated</a> <a href="/luke/16-15.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-11.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Faithless</a> <a href="/matthew/5-11.htm">Falsely</a> <a href="/acts/2-4.htm">Foreign</a> <a href="/luke/1-75.htm">Holiness</a> <a href="/matthew/1-18.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/malachi/2-16.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/malachi/3-4.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/malachi/3-4.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/matthew/3-17.htm">Loved</a> <a href="/matthew/10-37.htm">Loves</a> <a href="/matthew/1-18.htm">Married</a> <a href="/exodus/20-25.htm">Profaned</a> <a href="/matthew/23-16.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/matthew/2-9.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Treacherously</a> <a href="/matthew/10-1.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/exodus/21-8.htm">Unfaithfully</a> <a href="/malachi/2-14.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Malachi 2</div>1. <a href="/malachi/2-1.htm">He sharply reproves the priests for neglecting their covenant;</a> 10. <a href="/malachi/2-10.htm">and the people for marrying strange wives;</a> 13. <a href="/malachi/2-13.htm">and for putting away their former ones,</a> 17. <a href="/malachi/2-17.htm">and for infidelity.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase indicates a breach of covenant, a serious offense in the biblical context. The covenant relationship between God and Judah was established through the Law given to Moses. Breaking faith implies a violation of trust and commitment, akin to spiritual adultery. This concept is echoed in Hosea, where Israel's unfaithfulness is likened to marital infidelity (<a href="/hosea/1-2.htm">Hosea 1:2</a>).an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. The term "abomination" is used in the Old Testament to describe actions that are detestable to God, often associated with idolatry and pagan practices (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-25.htm">Deuteronomy 7:25-26</a>). The mention of both Israel and Jerusalem underscores the widespread nature of the sin, affecting both the northern and southern kingdoms. Jerusalem, as the spiritual center, highlights the gravity of the offense.For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary Profaning the sanctuary refers to defiling what is holy and set apart for God. The sanctuary, or temple, was the dwelling place of God's presence among His people. This act of profanation is a direct violation of the holiness required by God (<a href="/leviticus/19-30.htm">Leviticus 19:30</a>). The term "beloved" emphasizes God's special relationship with His people and His dwelling place.by marrying the daughter of a foreign god. This phrase refers to intermarriage with pagan nations, which was strictly forbidden (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm">Deuteronomy 7:3-4</a>). Such unions often led to the introduction of idolatry and the worship of foreign gods, as seen in the history of Solomon (<a href="/1_kings/11.htm">1 Kings 11:1-4</a>). The "daughter of a foreign god" symbolizes allegiance to other deities, contrasting with the exclusive worship of Yahweh. This act is a type of spiritual adultery, drawing parallels to the church's call to remain pure and devoted to Christ (<a href="/2_corinthians/11-2.htm">2 Corinthians 11:2</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> Represents the southern kingdom of Israel, often used to refer to the people of God collectively in this context. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The northern kingdom, but here it symbolizes the entire nation of God's chosen people. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, central to Jewish worship and the location of the Temple. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> Refers to Yahweh, the covenant God of Israel, who is deeply concerned with the faithfulness of His people. 5. <a href="/topical/d/daughter_of_a_foreign_god.htm">Daughter of a foreign god</a> Symbolizes the idolatrous practices and alliances that the people of Judah have engaged in, contrary to God's commands.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_to_god.htm">Faithfulness to God</a> The passage underscores the importance of remaining faithful to God and His commandments, avoiding alliances that lead to spiritual compromise. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Marrying "the daughter of a foreign god" symbolizes adopting practices that are contrary to God's will, leading to idolatry. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_of_the_sanctuary.htm">Holiness of the Sanctuary</a> Profaning the sanctuary indicates a disregard for the sacredness of worship and the presence of God among His people. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationships.htm">Covenant Relationships</a> The importance of maintaining covenant relationships that honor God, both in marriage and in community. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> Encourages self-examination and repentance for any actions that may have led to spiritual unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_malachi_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Malachi 2</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_malachi_2_11_with_nt_acceptance.htm">Malachi 2:11 – How do we reconcile prohibiting interfaith marriage here with later New Testament teachings on acceptance of all peoples? </a> <a href="/q/why_do_believers_divorce_despite_god.htm">Malachi 2:14 – If God is a witness to marriage, why do so many believers experience divorce despite this warning? </a> <a href="/q/what's_malachi's_main_message.htm">What is the main message of the Book of Malachi?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_profaning_the_covenant_in_malachi.htm">What does profaning the covenant mean in Malachi 2:10?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/malachi/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) For the same collocation of "Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem," comp. <a href="/zechariah/1-19.htm" title="And I said to the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.">Zechariah 1:19</a>.The holiness of the Lord.--That is, their own "holy nation" (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm" title="For you are an holy people to the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people to himself, above all people that are on the face of the earth.">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/14-2.htm" title="For you are an holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a peculiar people to himself, above all the nations that are on the earth.">Deuteronomy 14:2</a>; comp. <a href="/jeremiah/2-3.htm" title="Israel was holiness to the LORD, and the first fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come on them, said the LORD.">Jeremiah 2:3</a>).Daughter of a strange god--i.e., one who worships a strange god, and such they were forbidden to marry (<a href="/exodus/24-16.htm" title="And the glory of the LORD stayed on mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud.">Exodus 24:16</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/7-3.htm" title="Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take to your son.">Deuteronomy 7:3</a>; comp. <a href="/1_kings/11-2.htm" title="Of the nations concerning which the LORD said to the children of Israel, You shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in to you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon joined to these in love.">1Kings 11:2</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/malachi/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - Judah, the whole nation, is guilty of this crime, has broken her promised faith. The special sin, mixed marriages, is named at the end of the verse. In Israel and in Jerusalem. The mention of Israel, the sacred covenant name, is meant to make the contrast between profession and practice more marked. But some critics would here cancel the word "Israel," as being a clerical error (see note, <a href="/zechariah/1-19.htm">Zechariah 1:19</a>). Jerusalem is named as the centre of the theocracy, which gave its tone to the-people. For Judah hath profaned the holiness (sanctuary) of the Lord, which he loved (loveth); Septuagint, Ἐβεβήλωσεν Ἰούδας τὰ ἅγια Κυρίου ἐν οῖς ἠγάπησε, "Judah profaned the holy things of the Lord in which he delighted." Many consider that by the "sanctuary" is meant the temple, into which these heathen wives had penetrated, either led by curiosity or introduced by their profane husbands. But we have no knowledge that this was the case. It is better to take "the sanctuary," or that which is holy unto the Lord, to be the chosen nation itself, the community beloved by God, which was holy by election and profession, even as Christians are commonly called saints in the Epistles. (For the term as applied to the Israelites, see <a href="/exodus/19-6.htm">Exodus 19:6</a>; <a href="/exodus/22-31.htm">Exodus 22:31</a>; <a href="/leviticus/11-44.htm">Leviticus 11:44</a>; <a href="/leviticus/19-2.htm">Leviticus 19:2</a>; comp. <a href="/ezra/9-2.htm">Ezra 9:2</a>; <a href="/nehemiah/13-29.htm">Nehemiah 13:29</a>.) The daughter of a strange god. A woman who is an idolatress, who adhered to a foreign deity (<a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm">Jeremiah 2:27</a>), as the Israelites are called "sons of Jehovah," as joined to him in communion (<a href="/deuteronomy/14-1.htm">Deuteronomy 14:1</a>; <a href="/proverbs/14-26.htm">Proverbs 14:26</a>). The LXX. omits the point of the charge, rendering, καὶ ἐπετήδευσεν εἰς θεοὺς ἀλλοτρίους, "and followed after strange gods." <a href="/commentaries/malachi/2-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Judah יְהוּדָ֔ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites has broken faith; בָּגְדָ֣ה (bā·ḡə·ḏāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_898.htm">Strong's 898: </a> To cover, to act covertly, to pillage an abomination וְתוֹעֵבָ֛ה (wə·ṯō·w·‘ê·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8441.htm">Strong's 8441: </a> Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol has been committed נֶעֶשְׂתָ֥ה (ne·‘eś·ṯāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make in Israel בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (ḇə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc and in Jerusalem. וּבִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (ū·ḇî·rū·šā·lim) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel For כִּ֣י ׀ (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction Judah יְהוּדָ֗ה (yə·hū·ḏāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites has profaned חִלֵּ֣ל (ḥil·lêl) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play the LORD's יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel beloved אָהֵ֔ב (’ā·hêḇ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f sanctuary קֹ֤דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> A sacred place, thing, sanctity by marrying וּבָעַ֖ל (ū·ḇā·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1166.htm">Strong's 1166: </a> To be master, to marry the daughter בַּת־ (baṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter of a foreign נֵכָֽר׃ (nê·ḵār) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5236.htm">Strong's 5236: </a> That which is foreign, foreignness god. אֵ֥ל (’êl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_410.htm">Strong's 410: </a> Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/malachi/2-11.htm">Malachi 2:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/malachi/2-11.htm">OT Prophets: Malachi 2:11 Judah has dealt treacherously and an abomination (Malachi Mal Ml) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/malachi/2-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Malachi 2:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Malachi 2:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/malachi/2-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Malachi 2:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Malachi 2:12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>