16:013:018 Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this
           evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon
           Israel by profaning the sabbath.

16:013:019 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to
           be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should
           be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after
           the sabbath:  and some of my servants set I at the gates, that
           there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.

16:013:020 So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged
           without Jerusalem once or twice.

16:013:021 Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge
           ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. 
           From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath.

16:013:022 And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse
           themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to
           sanctify the sabbath day.  Remember me, O my God, concerning
           this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy
           mercy.

16:013:023 In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of
           Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: 

16:013:024 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and
           could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the
           language of each people.

16:013:025 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain
           of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by
           God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons,
           nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

16:013:026 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among
           many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of
           his God, and God made him king over all Israel:  nevertheless
           even him did outlandish women cause to sin.

16:013:027 Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to
           transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

16:013:028 And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high
           priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite:  therefore I
           chased him from me.

16:013:029 Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the
           priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the
           Levites.

16:013:030 Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the
           wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his
           business;

16:013:031 And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the
           firstfruits.  Remember me, O my God, for good.