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