2 For they have accepted some of their daughters for themselves and for their sons;+ and they, the holy seed,+ have become mingled+ with the peoples of the lands, and the hand+ of the princes and the deputy rulers has proved to be foremost+ in this unfaithfulness.”

28 And one of the sons of Joiʹa·da+ the son of E·liʹa·shib+ the high priest was a son-in-law of San·balʹlat+ the Horʹo·nite.+ So I chased him away from me.+

22 And no widow or divorced woman should they take for themselves as wives,+ but virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel+ or the widow who happens to be the widow of a priest they may take.’

8 “But YOU men—YOU have turned aside from the way.+ YOU have caused many to stumble in the law.+ YOU have ruined the covenant of Leʹvi,”+ Jehovah of armies has said.