Ezra 9:10–14

¹⁰And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments, ¹¹which You commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land, with the ^wuncleanness of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from one end to another with their impurity. ¹²Now therefore, ^xdo not give your daughters as wives for their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons; and ^ynever seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and ^zleave it as an inheritance to your children forever.’ ¹³And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, since You our God ^ahave punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such deliverance as this, ¹⁴should we ^bagain break Your commandments, and ^cjoin in marriage with the people committing these abominations? Would You not be ^dangry with us until You had ³consumed us, so that there would be no remnant or survivor?