1 Esdras 9:6-8

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⁶ All the multitude sat in the open square before the temple, shivering because of the bad weather that prevailed.^{(A) 7} Then Ezra stood up and said to them, “You have broken the law and married foreign women and so have increased the sin of Israel. ⁸ Now, then, make confession and give glory to the Lord the God of our ancestors^(B)