2
Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, "aWe have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.
a
Ezra 9:2, Nehemiah 13:27
Ezra 9
2
"For athey have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that bthe holy race has cintermingled with the peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the princes and the rulers have been foremost in this unfaithfulness."
Nehemiah 13
27
"Do we then hear about you that you have committed all this great evil aby acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?"