And Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: he went even thither, but he did eat neither bread nor drunk water: for he mourned, because of the transgression of them of the captivity.

And they caused a proclamation to go throughout Judah and Jerusalem, unto [a]all them of the captivity, that they should assemble themselves unto Jerusalem.

And whosoever would not come within three days according to the counsel of the Princes and Elders, all his substance should be [b]forfeit, and he should be separate from the Congregation of them of the captivity.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 10:7 Hebrew, the sons of the captivity.
  2. Ezra 10:8 Or, condemned.

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