Ezra 9:10-12

New International Version

¹⁰ “But now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commands^{(A) 11} you gave through your servants the prophets when you said: ‘The land you are entering^(B) to possess is a land polluted^(C) by the corruption of its peoples. By their detestable practices^(D) 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^(E) at any time, that you may be strong^(F) and eat the good things^(G) of the land and leave it to your children as an everlasting inheritance.’^(H)