Malachi 2:11

the holiness of the Lord Comp. Leviticus 11:44; 1 Thessalonians 4:7. This is better than sanctuary of the Lord, R.V. margin. Comp. τὰ ἅγια, LXX.

which he loved In like manner Almighty God is said to love righteousnessand judgment. Psalms 11:7; Psalms 33:5; Isaiah 61:8.

the daughter of a strange god "As those who acknowledge, worship and serve the true God are called His sons and daughters(Deuteronomy 32:19), so they that worshipped any strange god are, by like reason, here called the daughters of that god. Hence the Jews say, -He that marrieth a heathen woman is as if he made himself son-in-law to an idol"." Pocock.