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Ezra 10:2

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1 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

3 So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

4 Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”

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BSB
Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
KJV
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
WEB
Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land. Yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
ASV
And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land: yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
DARBY
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have acted unfaithfully toward our God, and have taken foreign wives of the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.
BLB
And Shechaniah son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, “We have trespassed against our God, and have caused foreign wives to dwell from the peoples of the land. Yet there is hope in Israel concerning this.
ÅB
Da tok Sekanja, Jehiels sønn, av Olams barn, til orde og sa til Esras: Vi har båret oss troløst at mot vår Gud og tatt fremmede kvinner av de andre folk her i landet til hustruer; men enda er det håp for Israel i denne sak.
OTB
Da sa Sekanja, sønn av Jehiel, en av etterkommerne av Elam, til Esra: "Vi har vært troløse mot vår Gud ved å gifte oss med utenlandske kvinner fra landets folk. Likevel er det håp for Israel til tross for dette.
B1930
Da tok Sekanja, Jehiels sønn, av Olams barn, til orde og sa til Esras: Vi har båret oss troløst at mot vår Gud og tatt fremmede kvinner av de andre folk her i landet til hustruer; men ennu er det håp for Israel i denne sak.

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 13:27

    Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

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  • Ezra 9:2

    Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

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  • Exodus 34:12

    Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

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  • Jeremiah 3:12–13

    Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.

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  • Exodus 34:6–7

    Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

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  • Ezra 10:26

    From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.

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  • 1 John 1:7–9

    But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

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  • Isaiah 55:6–7

    Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

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