and they tooktheir daughtersfor themselves as wives,and gavetheir own daughtersto their sons,and servedtheir gods.
But they mingledwith the nationsAnd learnedtheir practices,
otherwiseyou mightmakea covenantwith the inhabitantsof the landand they would playthe harlotwith their godsand sacrificeto their gods,and someone might inviteyou to eatof his sacrifice,
and you might takesomeof his daughtersfor your sons,and his daughtersmight playthe harlotwith their godsand cause your sons[also] to playthe harlotwith their gods.
and say,'Thussaysthe LordGODto Jerusalem,"Your originand your birthare from the landof the Canaanite,your fatherwas an Amoriteand your mothera Hittite.
"For ifyou evergobackand clingto the restof thesenations,thesewhich remainamongyou, and intermarrywith them, so that you associatewith them and they with you,
