Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god.
Judah has been unfaithful and a terrible act has occurred in Israel and Jerusalem. Judah has disrespected the Lord's sacredness that they loved by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.