16. putting away--that is, divorce.
for one covereth violence with . . .
garment--MAURER translates, "And
(Jehovah hateth him who) covereth his garment
(that is, his wife, in
Arabic idiom; compare
Ge 20:16,
'He is to thee a covering of thy eyes'; the husband was so to
the wife, and the wife to the husband; also
De 22:30;
Ru 3:9;
Eze 16:8)
with injury." The Hebrew favors "garment," being accusative of
the thing covered. Compare with English Version,
Ps 73:6,
"violence covereth them as a garment." Their "violence" is the putting
away of their wives; the "garment" with which they try to cover it is
the plea of Moses' permission
(De 24:1;
compare
Mt 19:6-9).
JFB.
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