1 Esdras 8:83

83 `The land which ye enter into to possess as a heritage is a land polluted with the pollutions of the strangers of the land, and they have filled it with their uncleanness.

1 Esdras 8:83 In-Context

81 yea, and honored the temple of our Lord and raised up the desolate Zion, that they have given us a sure abiding in Jewry and Jerusalem.

82 "And now, O Lord, what shall we say, having these things? For we have transgressed Thy commandments, which Thou gavest by the hand of Thy servants the prophets, saying,

83 `The land which ye enter into to possess as a heritage is a land polluted with the pollutions of the strangers of the land, and they have filled it with their uncleanness.

84 Therefore now shall ye not join your daughters unto their sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons.

85 Moreover ye shall never seek to have peace with them, that ye may be strong and eat the good things of the land, and that ye may leave the inheritance of the land unto your children for evermore.'