He hateth putting away—He had allowed it for the hardness of their hearts, yet only in the one case of some extreme …

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

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

Here again the Prophet exaggerates the crime which the priests regarded as nothing, for he says that they sinned more grievously than if they had d…

For the Lord the God of Israel says, that he hates
putting away
The divorcing of wive…

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…