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10 Don’t we all have one father? Hasn’t one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers? 11 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. 12 Yahweh will cut off, to the man who does this, him who wakes and him who answers, out of the tents of Jacob, and him who offers an offering to Yahweh of Armies.

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Judah’s Marital Unfaithfulness

10 Don’t all of us have one Father?(A) Didn’t one God create us?(B) Why then do we act treacherously against one another,(C) profaning(D) the covenant of our ancestors?(E) 11 Judah has acted treacherously, and a detestable(F) act has been done in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned(G) the Lord’s sanctuary,[a](H) which he loves,(I) and has married the daughter of a foreign god.[b](J) 12 May the Lord cut off(K) from the tents of Jacob the man who does this, whoever he may be,[c](L) even if he presents an offering to the Lord of Armies.

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Footnotes

  1. 2:11 Or profaned what is holy to the Lord
  2. 2:11 = a woman who worshiped a foreign god
  3. 2:12 Hb obscure