Nehemiah 13:24-26

Contemporary English Version

²⁴ About half of their children could not speak Hebrew—they spoke only the language of Ashdod or some other foreign language. ²⁵ So in my anger, I called down curses on those men. I had them beaten and even pulled out the hair of some of them. Then I made them promise:

In the name of God we solemnly promise not to let our sons and daughters marry foreigners. ^26 (A) God dearly loved King Solomon of Israel and made him the greatest king on earth, but Solomon's foreign wives led him into sin.