^{10 Ref} And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

^{11 Ref} Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

^{12 Ref} Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.