Ezra 10:5-7

Legacy Standard Bible

⁵ Then Ezra arose and ^(A)made the leading priests, the Levites and all Israel, swear an oath that they would do according to this word; so they swore an oath. ⁶ Then Ezra ^(B)arose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. He went there, but ^(C)he did not eat bread nor drink water, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. ⁷ And they made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles, that they should gather at Jerusalem,