Ezra 10:10-12

10:10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel. 10:11 Now give praise to the Lord God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the local residents ¹  and from these foreign wives.”

10:12 All the assembly replied in a loud voice: “We will do just as you have said! ² 

[10:11]  ¹ tn Heb “the peoples of the land.”

[10:12]  ² tn Heb “thus according to your word [singular = Qere] concerning us, to do.”