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 for your sons, and (C)never seek their peace or their prosperity, so that you may be strong and may eat the good things of the land, and (D)leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.’ 13 And after everything that has come upon us for our evil deeds and (E)our great guilt, since You our God have spared us by inflicting less than our wrongdoing deserves, and have given us such (F)an escaped remnant as this,

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11 you gave through your servants the prophets when you said: ‘The land you are entering(A) to possess is a land polluted(B) by the corruption of its peoples. By their detestable practices(C) they have filled it with their impurity from one end to the other. 12 Therefore, do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters for your sons. Do not seek a treaty of friendship with them(D) at any time, that you may be strong(E) and eat the good things(F) of the land and leave it to your children as an everlasting inheritance.’(G)

13 “What has happened to us is a result of our evil(H) deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our sins deserved(I) and have given us a remnant like this.

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