³ I want you to swear^(A) by the Lord, the God of heaven^(B) and the God of earth,^(C) that you will not get a wife for my son^(D) from the daughters of the Canaanites,^(E) among whom I am living,^(F)

¹⁴ To the Lord your God belong the heavens,^(A) even the highest heavens,^(B) the earth and everything in it.^(C)

¹⁵ Look down from heaven,^(A) your holy dwelling place, and bless^(B) your people Israel and the land you have given us as you promised on oath to our ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Judgment and Hope

66 This is what the Lord says: