Discovery BoxEzra 9:4 
Context9:4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe 1 gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. 2 Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.
Ezra 10:2
Context10:2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, 3 addressed Ezra:
“We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying 4 foreign women from the local peoples. 5 Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard. 6
Ezra 10:10
Context10:10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel.
1 tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”
2 tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 tc The translation reads with the Qere, many medieval Hebrew
4 tn Heb “in that we have given a dwelling to.” So also in vv. 14, 17, 18.
5 tn Heb “the peoples of the lands.”
6 tn Heb “upon this.”
