Verse 11
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- :).
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