1 Esdras 8:84-87

84 They told us that we should never intermarry with those people ¹

85 and never seek peaceful relations with them if we wanted to be strong and enjoy the land and pass it on to our descendants forever.

86 Even after everything that has happened to us in punishment for our sins, we know that you, Lord, have punished us less than we deserve

87 and have allowed us to survive. But we have rebelled again, broken your Law, and intermarried with these wicked people.

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