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Ezra 10:12

10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

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BSB
And the whole assembly responded in a loud voice: “Truly we must do as you say!
KJV
Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
WEB
Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “We must do as you have said concerning us.
ASV
Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said concerning us, so must we do.
DARBY
And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.
BLB
And all the assembly answered and said in a loud voice, “Truly according to your word it is upon us to do.
ÅB
Da svarte hele folket og sa med høy røst: Ja, som du har sagt, så er vi skyldige å gjøre.
OTB
Hele forsamlingen svarte med høy røst: "Det er vår plikt å gjøre som du har sagt.
B1930
Da svarte hele folket og sa med høi røst: Ja, som du har sagt, så er vi skyldige å gjøre.

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Cross references

  • Psalms 78:37

    For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

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  • Psalms 78:57

    But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.

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  • Nehemiah 13:23

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

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  • Ezra 10:3–4

    Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

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