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.
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not.