² Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, “^(A)We have been unfaithful to our God and have ^[a]married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

Mixed Marriages Forbidden

²³ In those days I also saw that the Jews had ^[a](A)married women from ^(B)Ashdod, ^(C)Ammon, and Moab.