Ezra 10:4-6

New Catholic Bible

⁴ Rise up, then, for the matter is in your hands. We will support you. Therefore, have courage and take action!”

⁵ Then Ezra rose to his feet and put the leading priests and Levites and all Israel under oath to do what had been said. In unison they took the oath. ⁶ Then Ezra departed from his place before the house of God and entered the room of Jehohanan, the son of Eliashib, where he spent the night without eating food or drinking water, because he was in mourning over the betrayal by the exiles.