let us make: Nichrath berith:, "let us cut a covenant:" Deuteronomy 29:12; Joshua 9:6; 2 Kings 11:17; 2 Chronicles 29:10, 2 Chronicles 34:31-32; Nehemiah 9:38; Nehemiah 10:29-39
put away: Heb. bring forth
according to the counsel: 2 Chronicles 30:12
of those that: Ezra 9:4; 2 Chronicles 34:21, 2 Chronicles 34:27; Psalms 119:59, Psalms 119:120; Isaiah 66:2; Ezekiel 9:4
at the commandment: Deuteronomy 7:2-3; Joshua 23:12-13
let it: Nehemiah 8:14, Nehemiah 13:1-3; Isaiah 8:20; Shechaniah's counsel, which he was then so clear in, will not hold now. Such marriages, it is certain, are contrary to the will of God, and ought not to be made; but they are not null. Our rule under the gospel is Quod fieri non debuit, factum valet:, "That which ought not to have been done must, when done, abide." See note on 1 Corinthians 7:12-13