1 Esdras 8:89-91

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁸⁹ O Lord of Israel, you are faithful; for we are left as a root to this day. ⁹⁰ See, we are now before you in our iniquities; for we can no longer stand in your presence because of these things.’

The Plan for Ending Mixed Marriages

⁹¹ While Ezra was praying and making his confession, weeping and lying on the ground before the temple, there gathered around him a very great crowd of men and women and youths from Jerusalem; for there was great weeping among the multitude.