Ezra 10:2

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Ezra 10:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 While Ezra prayed and made this confession, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women, and children—gathered around him, and the people wept bitterly as well.

2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.

3 So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.

4 Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”

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Ezra 10:26

From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.

Nehemiah 3:29

Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.

Ezra 2:7

the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

Ezra 2:31

the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;

Nehemiah 7:12

the descendants of Elam, 1,254;

Nehemiah 7:34

the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254;

James 2:9

But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Exodus 34:12

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

Nehemiah 13:27

Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Exodus 34:6

Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

Exodus 34:7

maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Jeremiah 3:12

Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.

Jeremiah 3:13

Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.

1 John 1:7

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:8

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.