Malachi 2:8
2:8 You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law;
you have corrupted the covenant with Levi,”
says the
Lord who rules over all.
Malachi 2:11
2:11 Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem.
For Judah has profaned
the holy things that the
Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god!
Exodus 34:10-16
34:10 He said, “See, I am going to make a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.
34:11 “Obey what I am commanding you this day. I am going to drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
34:12 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you.
34:13 Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles.
34:14 For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
34:15 Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice;
34:16 and you then take his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.
Joshua 23:12-16
23:12 But if you ever turn away and make alliances with
these nations that remain near you,
and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them,
23:13 know for certain that the
Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you;
they will be a whip that tears
your sides and thorns that blind
your eyes until you disappear
from this good land the
Lord your God gave you.
23:14 “Look, today I am about to die. You know with all your heart and being that not even one of all the faithful promises the Lord your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized – not one promise is unfulfilled!
23:15 But in the same way every faithful promise the Lord your God made to you has been realized, it is just as certain, if you disobey, that the Lord will bring on you every judgment until he destroys you from this good land which the Lord your God gave you.
23:16 If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear quickly from the good land which he gave to you.”
Ezra 9:11-14
9:11 which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words:
‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents!
With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.
9:12 Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children
forever.’
9:13 “Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this.
9:14 Shall we once again break your commandments and intermarry with these abominable peoples? Would you not be so angered by us that you would wipe us out, with no survivor or remnant?
Ezra 10:2-3
10:2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam,
addressed Ezra:
“We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the local peoples. Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard.
10:3 Therefore let us enact a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, and that of those who respect the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.
Nehemiah 13:29
13:29 Please remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.