"You shall not take a wifefor yourself norhavesonsor daughtersin thisplace."
Lotwentout and spoketo his sons-in-law,who were to marryhis daughters,and said,"Up, getout of thisplace,for the LORDwill destroythe city."But he appearedto his sons-in-lawto be jesting.
The wordof the LORDalso cameto me saying,
For thussaysthe LORDconcerningthe sonsand daughtersbornin thisplace,and concerningtheir motherswho bearthem, and their fatherswho begetthem in thisland:
Takewivesand becomethe fathersof sonsand daughters,and takewivesfor your sonsand giveyour daughtersto husbands,that they may bearsonsand daughters;and multiplythereand do not decrease.
You calledas in the dayof an appointedfeastMy terrorson everyside;And there was noone whoescapedor survivedIn the dayof the LORD'Sanger.Those whomI boreand reared,My enemyannihilatedthem.
"But woeto thosewho are pregnantand to thosewho are nursing babiesin thosedays!
"Woeto thosewho are pregnantand to thosewho are nursing babiesin thosedays;for there will be greatdistressupon the landand wrathto thispeople;
"For behold,the daysare comingwhenthey will say,Blessedare the barren,and the wombsthat neverbore,and the breaststhat nevernursed.'
