Ezra 10 Interlinear

and shechaniah the son of jehiel one of the sons of elam answered and said unto ezra we have trespassed against our god and have taken strange wives of the people of the land yet now there is hope in israel

now therefore let us make a covenant with our god to put away all the wives and such as are born of them according to the counsel of my lord and of those that tremble at the commandment of our god and let it be done according to the law

arise for this matter belongeth unto thee we also will be with thee be of good courage and do

then arose ezra and made the chief priests the levites and all israel to swear that they should do according to this word and they sware

then ezra rose up from before the house of god and went into the chamber of johanan the son of eliashib and when he came thither he did eat no bread nor drink water for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away

and they made proclamation throughout judah and jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity that they should gather themselves together unto jerusalem

and that whosoever would not come within three days according to the counsel of the princes and the elders all his substance should be forfeited and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away

then all the men of judah and benjamin gathered themselves together unto jerusalem within three days it was the ninth month on the twentieth day of the month and all the people sat in the street of the house of god trembling because of this matter and for the great rain

and ezra the priest stood up and said unto them ye have transgressed and have taken strange wives to increase the trespass of israel

now therefore make confession unto the lord god of your fathers and do his pleasure and separate yourselves from the people of the land and from the strange wives

then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice as thou hast said so must we do

but the people are many and it is a time of much rain and we are not able to stand without neither is this a work of one day or two for we are many that have transgressed in this thing

let now our rulers of all the congregation stand and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times and with them the elders of every city and the judges thereof until the fierce wrath of our god for this matter be turned

only jonathan the son of asahel and jahaziah the son of tikvah were employed about this matter and meshullam and shabbethai the levite helped

and the children of the captivity did so and ezra the priest with certain chief of the fathers after the house of their fathers and all of them by their names were separated and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter

and they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month

and among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives namely of the sons of jeshua the son of jozadak and his brethren maaseiah and eliezer and jarib and gedaliah

and they gave their hands that they would put away their wives and being guilty they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass

and of the sons of immer hanani and zebadiah

and of the sons of harim maaseiah and elijah and shemaiah and jehiel and uzziah

and of the sons of pashur elioenai maaseiah ishmael nethaneel jozabad and elasah

also of the levites jozabad and shimei and kelaiah the same is kelita pethahiah judah and eliezer

of the singers also eliashib and of the porters shallum and telem and uri

moreover of israel of the sons of parosh ramiah and jeziah and malchiah and miamin and eleazar and malchijah and benaiah

and of the sons of elam mattaniah zechariah and jehiel and abdi and jeremoth and eliah

and of the sons of zattu elioenai eliashib mattaniah and jeremoth and zabad and aziza

of the sons also of bebai jehohanan hananiah zabbai and athlai

and of the sons of bani meshullam malluch and adaiah jashub and sheal and ramoth

and of the sons of pahathmoab adna and chelal benaiah maaseiah mattaniah bezaleel and binnui and manasseh

and of the sons of harim eliezer ishijah malchiah shemaiah shimeon

benjamin malluch and shemariah

of the sons of hashum mattenai mattathah zabad eliphelet jeremai manasseh and shimei

of the sons of bani maadai amram and uel

benaiah bedeiah chelluh

vaniah meremoth eliashib

mattaniah mattenai and jaasau

and bani and binnui shimei

and shelemiah and nathan and adaiah

machnadebai shashai sharai

azareel and shelemiah shemariah

shallum amariah and joseph

of the sons of nebo jeiel mattithiah zabad zebina jadau and joel benaiah

all these had taken strange wives and some of them had wives by whom they had children