Then allthe assemblyrepliedwith a loudvoice,"That's right!As you have said,so it is our dutyto do.
"Nowtherefore, makeconfessionto the LORDGodof your fathersand doHis will;and separateyourselves from the peoplesof the landand from the foreignwives."
"But there are manypeople;it is the rainyseasonand we are not ableto standin the open.Nor[can] the task[be done] in oneor twodays,for we have transgressedgreatlyin thismatter.
In thosedaysI alsosawthat the Jewshad marriedwomenfrom Ashdod,Ammon[and] Moab.
For their heartwas not steadfasttowardHim, Norwere they faithfulin His covenant.
But turnedbackand actedtreacherouslylike their fathers;They turnedasidelike a treacherousbow.
