Did you know that the God of Israel, didn’t want them to marry people , not of their own race, for they will do the abominable things of these people who do not belong to the Jews. That was a strict compliance to the Israelites, that they may continue to receive abundance and peace in their land. However, many Jews had married people not of their own race. These people around them are Pagans – idol worshippers. Therefore, wrath of God was upon them, and so God gave them to their invaders; Assyrians, and there was great famine. However, God loves Israel and wants to keep His promised to their forefathers.
During the time of Ezra, after they went back from captivity from the Assyrians; God punished them to be in captivity for 70 years. Ezra have learned that the Jewish people have not separated themselves from their wives. So, they make a covenant with God that they will divorce their strange wife(not Jewish) and their children to be separated from the congregation.
Deuteronomy 7:3 Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, 4 for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the Lord’s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you. 9 Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
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