15:009:011 Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets,
           saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an
           unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands,
           with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to
           another with their uncleanness.

15:009:012 Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither
           take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or
           their wealth for ever:  that ye may be strong, and eat the good
           of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children
           for ever.

15:009:013 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for
           our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us
           less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such
           deliverance as this;

15:009:014 Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity
           with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be
           angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there
           should be no remnant nor escaping?

15:009:015 O lord God of Israel, thou art righteous:  for we remain yet
           escaped, as it is this day:  behold, we are before thee in our
           trespasses:  for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

15:010:001 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping
           and casting himself down before the house of God, there
           assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of
           men and women and children:  for the people wept very sore.

15:010:002 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam,
           answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our
           God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: 
           yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

15:010:003 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away
           all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the
           counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the
           commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the
           law.

15:010:004 Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee:  we also will be
           with thee:  be of good courage, and do it.

15:010:005 Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and
           all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this
           word.  And they sware.

15:010:006 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into
           the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib:  and when he came
           thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water:  for he mourned
           because of the transgression of them that had been carried
           away.