² And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, spoke up and said to Ezra, “We have ^(A)trespassed^[a] against our God, and have taken pagan wives from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope in Israel in spite of this.

²³ In those days I also saw Jews who ^(A)had married women of ^(B)Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.