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And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

And did not He – God, of whom he had spoken as the witness between man and his wife – “make one,” namely, Adam first, to mark the oneness of…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The prophet now rebukes the two great sins of the nation at this time:

  1. Marriage with idolatresses.
  2. Divorce of the first (Isra…
John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

There is some obscurity in this verse, and consequently, no interpreter has arrived at the Prophet's meaning. The Rabbis almost all agree that Abra…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And did not he make one ? &c.] That is, did not God make one man, and out of his rib one woman? did he not make man, male and femal…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Corrupt practices are the fruit of corrupt principles; and he who is false to his God will not be true to his fellow human beings. In contempt of t…

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