<vn='1'>Now when <sn="5830">Ezra</s> had <sn="6419">prayed</s>, and when he had <sn="3034">confessed</s>, <sn="1058">weeping</s> and casting himself <sn="5307">down</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, there <sn="6908">assembled</s><sn="413">unto</s> him out of <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s> a <sn="3966">very</s><sn="7227">great</s><sn="6951">congregation</s> of <sn="376">men</s> and <sn="802">women</s> and <sn="3206">children</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="1058">wept</s> very <sn="7235 1059">sore</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="7935">Shechaniah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3171">Jehiel</s>, one of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="5867">Elam</s>, <sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s> unto <sn="5830">Ezra</s>, <sn="587">We</s> have <sn="4603">trespassed</s> against our <sn="430">God</s>, and have <sn="3427">taken</s><sn="5237">strange</s><sn="802">wives</s> of the <sn="4480 5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>: yet <sn="6258">now</s> there <sn="3426">is</s><sn="4723">hope</s> in <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="5921">concerning</s><sn="2063">this</s> thing. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore let us <sn="3772">make</s> a <sn="1285">covenant</s> with our <sn="430">God</s> to put <sn="3318">away</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="802">wives</s>, and such as are <sn="3205">born</s><sn="4480">of</s> them, according to the <sn="6098">counsel</s> of my <sn="136">lord</s>, and of those that <sn="2730">tremble</s> at the <sn="4687">commandment</s> of our <sn="430">God</s>; and let it be <sn="6213">done</s> according to the <sn="8451">law</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="6965">Arise</s>; <sn="3588">for</s> this <sn="1697">matter</s> belongeth <sn="5921">unto</s> thee: <sn="587">we</s> also will be <sn="5973">with</s> thee: be of good <sn="2388">courage</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> it. </v>
<vn='5'>Then <sn="6965">arose</s><sn="5830">Ezra</s>, and made <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8269">chief</s><sn="3548">priests</s>, the <sn="3881">Levites</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, to <sn="7650">swear</s> that they should <sn="6213">do</s> according to <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">word</s>. And they <sn="7650">swore</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Then <sn="5830">Ezra</s> rose <sn="6965">up</s> from <sn="4480 6440">before</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="3957">chamber</s> of <sn="3076">Johanan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="475">Eliashib</s>: and when he <sn="1980">came</s><sn="8033">thither</s>, he did <sn="398">eat</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="3899">bread</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="8354">drink</s><sn="4325">water</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he <sn="56">mourned</s><sn="5921">because</s> of the <sn="4604">transgression</s> of them that had been carried <sn="1473">away</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And they made <sn="5674 6963">proclamation</s> throughout <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> unto <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="1473">captivity</s>, that they should gather themselves <sn="6908">together</s> unto <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>; </v>
<vn='8'>And that <sn="3605 834">whosoever</s> would <sn="3808">not</s><sn="935">come</s> within <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s>, according to the <sn="6098">counsel</s> of the <sn="8269">princes</s> and the <sn="2205">elders</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="7399">substance</s> should be <sn="2763">forfeited</s>, and <sn="1931">himself</s><sn="914">separated</s> from the <sn="4480 6951">congregation</s> of those that had been carried <sn="1473">away</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Then <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> and <sn="1144">Benjamin</s> gathered themselves <sn="6908">together</s> unto <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> within <sn="7969">three</s><sn="3117">days</s>. <sn="1931">It</s> was the <sn="8671">ninth</s><sn="2320">month</s>, on the <sn="6242">twentieth</s> day of the <sn="2320">month</s>; and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="3427">sat</s> in the <sn="7339">street</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="7460">trembling</s><sn="5921">because</s> of this <sn="1697">matter</s>, and for the great <sn="4480 1653">rain</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>And <sn="5830">Ezra</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s> stood <sn="6965">up</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="859">Ye</s> have <sn="4603">transgressed</s>, and have <sn="3427">taken</s><sn="5237">strange</s><sn="802">wives</s>, to <sn="3254 5921">increase</s> the <sn="819">trespass</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="5414">make</s><sn="8426">confession</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of your <sn="1">fathers</s>, and <sn="6213">do</s> his <sn="7522">pleasure</s>: and separate <sn="914">yourselves</s> from the <sn="4480 5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="5237">strange</s><sn="802">wives</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>Then <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s><sn="6030">answered</s> and <sn="559">said</s> with a <sn="1419">loud</s><sn="6963">voice</s>, As thou hast <sn="1697 5921">said</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> must we <sn="6213">do</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="61">But</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> are <sn="7227">many</s>, and it is a <sn="6256">time</s> of much <sn="1653">rain</s>, and we are <sn="369">not</s><sn="3581">able</s> to <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="2351">without</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> is this a <sn="4399">work</s> of <sn="259">one</s><sn="3117">day</s><sn="3808">or</s><sn="8147">two</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> we are <sn="7235">many</s> that have <sn="6586">transgressed</s> in <sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">thing</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Let <sn="4994">now</s> our <sn="8269">rulers</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6951">congregation</s><sn="5975">stand</s>, and let <sn="3605">all</s> them <sn="834">which</s> have <sn="3427">taken</s><sn="5237">strange</s><sn="802">wives</s> in our <sn="5892">cities</s><sn="935">come</s> at <sn="2163">appointed</s><sn="6256">times</s>, and <sn="5973">with</s> them the <sn="2205">elders</s> of every <sn="5892 5892">city</s>, and the <sn="8199">judges</s> thereof, <sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="2740">fierce</s><sn="639">wrath</s> of our <sn="430">God</s><sn="5704">for</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">matter</s> be <sn="7725">turned</s><sn="4480">from</s> us. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="389">Only</s><sn="3083">Jonathan</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6214">Asahel</s> and <sn="3167">Jahaziah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8616">Tikvah</s> were <sn="5975">employed</s><sn="5921">about</s><sn="2063">this</s> matter: and <sn="4918">Meshullam</s> and <sn="7678">Shabbethai</s> the <sn="3881">Levite</s><sn="5826">helped</s> them. </v>
<vn='16'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of the <sn="1473">captivity</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="3651">so</s>. And <sn="5830">Ezra</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, with <sn="376">certain</s><sn="7218">chief</s> of the <sn="1">fathers</s>, after the <sn="1004">house</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> of them by their <sn="8034">names</s>, were <sn="914">separated</s>, and sat <sn="3427">down</s> in the <sn="259">first</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="6224">tenth</s><sn="2320">month</s> to <sn="1875">examine</s> the <sn="1697">matter</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And they made an <sn="3615">end</s> with <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="376">men</s> that had <sn="3427">taken</s><sn="5237">strange</s><sn="802">wives</s><sn="5704">by</s> the <sn="259">first</s><sn="3117">day</s> of the <sn="7223">first</s><sn="2320">month</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>And among the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of the <sn="3548">priests</s> there were <sn="4672">found</s><sn="834">that</s> had <sn="3427">taken</s><sn="5237">strange</s><sn="802">wives</s>: namely, of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="3442">Jeshua</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3136">Jozadak</s>, and his <sn="251">brethren</s>; <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s>, and <sn="461">Eliezer</s>, and <sn="3402">Jarib</s>, and <sn="1436">Gedaliah</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And they <sn="5414">gave</s> their <sn="3027">hands</s> that they would put <sn="3318">away</s> their <sn="802">wives</s>; and being <sn="818">guilty</s>, they offered a <sn="352">ram</s> of the <sn="6629">flock</s><sn="5921">for</s> their <sn="819">trespass</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="564">Immer</s>; <sn="2607">Hanani</s>, and <sn="2069">Zebadiah</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>And of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="2766">Harim</s>; <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s>, and <sn="452">Elijah</s>, and <sn="8098">Shemaiah</s>, and <sn="3171">Jehiel</s>, and <sn="5818">Uzziah</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="6583">Pashur</s>; <sn="454">Elioenai</s>, <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s>, <sn="3458">Ishmael</s>, <sn="5417">Nethaneel</s>, <sn="3107">Jozabad</s>, and <sn="501">Elasah</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>Also <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="3881">Levites</s>; <sn="3107">Jozabad</s>, and <sn="8096">Shimei</s>, and <sn="7041">Kelaiah</s>, (the <sn="1931">same</s> is <sn="7042">Kelita</s>,) <sn="6611">Pethahiah</s>, <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="461">Eliezer</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="4480">Of</s> the <sn="7891">singers</s> also; <sn="475">Eliashib</s>: and <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="7778">porters</s>; <sn="7967">Shallum</s>, and <sn="2928">Telem</s>, and <sn="221">Uri</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Moreover of <sn="4480 3478">Israel</s>: of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="6551">Parosh</s>; <sn="7422">Ramiah</s>, and <sn="3150">Jeziah</s>, and <sn="4441">Malchiah</s>, and <sn="4326">Miamin</s>, and <sn="499">Eleazar</s>, and <sn="4441">Malchijah</s>, and <sn="1141">Benaiah</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>And of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="5867">Elam</s>; <sn="4983">Mattaniah</s>, <sn="2148">Zechariah</s>, and <sn="3171">Jehiel</s>, and <sn="5660">Abdi</s>, and <sn="3406">Jeremoth</s>, and <sn="452">Eliah</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>And of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="2240">Zattu</s>; <sn="454">Elioenai</s>, <sn="475">Eliashib</s>, <sn="4983">Mattaniah</s>, and <sn="3406">Jeremoth</s>, and <sn="2066">Zabad</s>, and <sn="5819">Aziza</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>Of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> also of <sn="893">Bebai</s>; <sn="3076">Jehohanan</s>, <sn="2608">Hananiah</s>, <sn="2079">Zabbai</s>, and <sn="6270">Athlai</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>And of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="1137">Bani</s>; <sn="4918">Meshullam</s>, <sn="4409">Malluch</s>, and <sn="5718">Adaiah</s>, <sn="3437">Jashub</s>, and <sn="7594">Sheal</s>, and <sn="3406">Ramoth</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="6355">Pahath</s> -moab; <sn="5733">Adna</s>, and <sn="3636">Chelal</s>, <sn="1141">Benaiah</s>, <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s>, <sn="4983">Mattaniah</s>, <sn="1212">Bezaleel</s>, and <sn="1131">Binnui</s>, and <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>And of the <sn="1121">sons</s> of <sn="2766">Harim</s>; <sn="461">Eliezer</s>, <sn="3449">Ishijah</s>, <sn="4441">Malchiah</s>, <sn="8098">Shemaiah</s>, <sn="8095">Shimeon</s>, </v>
<vn='32'><sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, <sn="4409">Malluch</s>, and <sn="8114">Shemariah</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>Of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="2828">Hashum</s>; <sn="4982">Mattenai</s>, <sn="4992">Mattathah</s>, <sn="2066">Zabad</s>, <sn="467">Eliphelet</s>, <sn="3413">Jeremai</s>, <sn="4519">Manasseh</s>, and <sn="8096">Shimei</s>. </v>
<vn='34'>Of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="1137">Bani</s>; <sn="4572">Maadai</s>, <sn="6019">Amram</s>, and <sn="177">Uel</s>, </v>
<vn='41'><sn="5832">Azareel</s>, and <sn="8018">Shelemiah</s>, <sn="8114">Shemariah</s>, </v>
<vn='42'><sn="7967">Shallum</s>, <sn="568">Amariah</s>, and <sn="3130">Joseph</s>. </v>
<vn='43'>Of the <sn="4480 1121">sons</s> of <sn="5015">Nebo</s>; <sn="3273">Jeiel</s>, <sn="4993">Mattithiah</s>, <sn="2066">Zabad</s>, <sn="2081">Zebina</s>, <sn="3035">Jadau</s>, and <sn="3100">Joel</s>, <sn="1141">Benaiah</s>. </v>
<vn='44'><sn="3605">All</s><sn="428">these</s> had <sn="5375">taken</s><sn="5237">strange</s><sn="802">wives</s>: and some <sn="4480">of</s> them <sn="3426">had</s><sn="802">wives</s> by whom they <sn="7760">had</s><sn="1121">children</s>. </v>