and to me it seemed full evil. And I casted forth the vessels of the house of Tobiah out of the chamber;
Therefore while Ezra prayed so, and besought God, and wept, and lay before the temple of God, a full great company of Israel, of men, and of women, and of children, was gathered together to him; and the people wept with much weeping.
and I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers; and I brought again there the vessels of God’s house, and the sacrifice thereof, and the incense.
And I was full wroth, when I had heard the cry of them by these words.
For the fervent love of thine house ate me; and the shames of men saying shames to thee fell on me.