1 Esdras 8:89-91

Revised Standard Version

⁸⁹ O Lord of Israel, thou art true; for we are left as a root to this day. ⁹⁰ Behold, we are now before thee in our iniquities; for we can no longer stand in thy presence because of these things.”

The Plan for Ending Mixed Marriages

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