Ezra 10:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam answered, and said to Esdras: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: and now if there be repentance in Israel concerning this,

³ Let us make a covenant with the Lord our God, to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the will of the Lord, and of them that fear the commandment of the Lord our God: let it be done according to the law.

⁴ Arise, it is thy part to give orders, and we will be with thee: take courage, and do it.