“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.”
The accusation shifts to profaning 'the covenant of our fathers' through treacherous dealing—specifically, marrying the 'daughter of a foreign god' and engaging in idolatrous unions. The theological principle here connects covenant fidelity to exclusive devotion: just as marriage represents the deepest human covenant, marrying outside the covenant community symbolizes abandonment of Israel's exclusive relationship with God. The imagery of 'daughter of a foreign god' emphasizes that intermarriage entangles Israel in idolatry, threatening the very foundation of monotheistic covenant. This verse grounds sexual ethics in theology: mixed marriages represent spiritual adultery, a defection from the exclusive covenant that constitutes Israel's identity.
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