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So all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, (A)trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain. 10 Then Ezra the priest arose and said to them, “You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives adding to the guilt of Israel. 11 So now, (B)make confession to Yahweh, the God of your fathers, and (C)do His will; and (D)separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.”

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