Ezra 10:2-3 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.

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2 H7935 And Shechaniah H1121 the son H3171 of Jehiel H1121 , one of the sons H5867 of Elam H6030 , answered [H8799] H559 and said [H8799] H5830 unto Ezra H4603 , We have trespassed [H8804] H430 against our God H3427 , and have taken [H8686] H5237 strange H802 wives H5971 of the people H776 of the land H3426 : yet now there is H4723 hope H3478 in Israel concerning this thing.

3 H3772 Now therefore let us make [H8799] H1285 a covenant H430 with our God H3318 to put away [H8687] H802 all the wives H3205 , and such as are born [H8737] H6098 of them, according to the counsel H136 of my lord H2730 , and of those that tremble H4687 at the commandment H430 of our God H6213 ; and let it be done [H8735] H8451 according to the law.