Ezra 9:11-13

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹¹ which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land with the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end and ^(A)with their impurity. ¹² So now do not ^(B)give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters to your sons, and ^(C)never seek their peace or their prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and ^(D)leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’ ¹³ After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and ^(E)our great guilt, since You our God have requited us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us ^(F)an escaped remnant as this,