1 Esdras 8:67-69

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⁶⁷ For they and their sons have married the daughters of these people,^[a] and the holy seed has been mixed with the foreign nations of the land, and from the beginning of this matter the leaders and the nobles have been sharing in this iniquity.”

⁶⁸ As soon as I heard these things, I tore my garments and my holy vestments and pulled out hair from my head and beard and sat down in anxiety and grief.^{(A) 69} And all who were ever moved at^[b] the word of the Lord of Israel gathered around me, as I mourned over this iniquity, and I sat grief-stricken until the evening sacrifice.^(B)