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

²⁵ And I contended with them and cursed them and beat some of the men and pulled out their hair, and I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.^(A)