Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in marriage.”

I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men, skilled in destruction.

Gather the people, sanctify the congregation,
Assemble the elders,
Gather the children and the nursing infants.
Let the bridegroom come out of his room
And the bride out of her bridal chamber.

unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,