His people have been unfaithful to him; they have not acted like his children – this is their sin. They are a perverse and deceitful generation.

Children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord.

So realize that the Lord your God is the true God, the faithful God who keeps covenant faithfully with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,

A person of illegitimate birth may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so.

An Ammonite or Moabite may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever do so,

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

He said, “I will reject them, I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children who show no loyalty.