Now make confession to the Lord the God of your ancestors and do his will; separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”
Ezra 10:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “It is so; we must do as you have said. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, As you have said, so must we do. American Standard Version (1901) Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said concerning us, so must we do. Common English Bible The whole assembly shouted in reply, “Yes. We must do as you have said. Catholic Public Domain Version And the entire multitude responded, and they said with a great voice: "In accord with your word to us, so let be it done. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all the multitude answered and said with a loud voice: According to thy word unto us, so be it done. |
Now make confession to the Lord the God of your ancestors and do his will; separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”
But the people are many, and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand in the open. Nor is this a task for one day or for two, for many of us have transgressed in this matter.
In those days also I saw Jews who had married women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab,
Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not true to his covenant.
but turned away and were faithless like their ancestors; they twisted like a treacherous bow.