1 Esdras 9:9-11

Common English Bible

⁹ Do God’s will and separate yourselves from the neighboring peoples and from the foreign women.”

¹⁰ The whole crowd cried out, “We will do what you have said. ¹¹ But it’s a big crowd, and it’s winter, and we aren’t strong enough to keep standing outside. This isn’t something we can do in one or two days, because we have sinned too greatly in these matters.