14. Wherefore? —Why does God reject our offerings? Lord . . . witness between thee and . . . wife —(so Genesis 31:49 ; Genesis 31:50 ). of thy youth —The Jews still marry very young, the husband often being but thirteen years of age, the wife younger ( Proverbs 5:18 ; Isaiah 54:6 ). wife of thy covenant —not merely joined to thee by the marriage covenant generally, but by the covenant between God and Israel, the covenant-people, whereby a sin against a wife, a daughter of Israel, is a sin against God [MOORE]. Marriage also is called "the covenant of God" ( Isaiah 54:6- : ), and to it the reference may be ( Genesis 2:24 ; Matthew 19:6 ; 1 Corinthians 7:10 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-15" class="com-number"
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