and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
For then will I turn to the peoples of a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of Jehovah, to serve him with one consent.
In those days also saw I the Jews that had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, {\i and} of Moab:
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, {\i saying}, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.