Ezra 10:2

The People Respond

¹ While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and falling facedown before the house of God, an extremely large assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. The people also wept bitterly. ² Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, responded to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples, but there is still hope for Israel in spite of this. ³ Let us therefore 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.

People of the Land

Peoples of the Land

Trespassed Against the Lord

We Have Sinned

Elam

Ezra

Israel

Jehiel

Shecaniah

Shechaniah

Nehemiah 13:27

Why then should we hear about you doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”

Ezra 9:2

Indeed, the Israelite men have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has become mixed with the surrounding peoples. The leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!”

Exodus 34:6-7

Then the Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed:

Yahweh—Yahweh is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth,

Exodus 34:12

Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land that you are going to enter; otherwise, they will become a snare among you.

Ezra 2:7

Elam’s descendants1,254

Ezra 10:26

Elam’s descendants: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah;

Nehemiah 3:29

After them Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. And beside him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard of the East Gate, made repairs.

Nehemiah 7:12

Elam’s descendants1,254

Nehemiah 7:34

the other Elam’s people1,254

Isaiah 55:6-7

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
call to Him while He is near.

Jeremiah 3:12-13

Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say:

Return, unfaithful Israel.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will not look on you with anger,
for I am unfailing in My love.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will not be angry forever.

James 2:9

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

1 John 1:7-9

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

Ezra 2:31

the other Elam’s people1,254