²⁵ So I ^(A)contended with them and ^[a]cursed them, struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them ^(B)swear by God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters as wives to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or yourselves.

¹⁷ Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, by which you profane the Sabbath day?

²⁹ these joined with their brethren, their nobles, ^(A)and entered into a curse and an oath ^(B)to walk in God’s Law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes: ³⁰ We would not give ^(C)our daughters as wives to the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons;

⁵ Then Ezra arose, and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel ^(A)swear an oath that they would do according to this word. So they swore an oath.

^3 (A)Nor shall you make marriages with them. You shall not give your daughter to their son, nor take their daughter for your son.

¹¹ So ^(A)I contended with the rulers, and said, ^(B)“Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their place.

¹³ Then ^(A)I shook out ^[a]the fold of my garment and said, “So may God shake out each man from his house, and from his property, who does not perform this promise. Even thus may he be shaken out and emptied.”

And all the assembly said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord. ^(B)Then the people did according to this promise.