¹⁵ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.

¹⁰ The Lord said to Joshua, “Stand up! Why have you fallen on your face?

⁴ Take action, for it is your duty, and we are with you; be strong, and do it.”^{(A) 5} Then Ezra stood up and made the leading priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear that they would do as had been said. So they swore.^(B)

⁹ “And you saw the distress of our ancestors in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea.^[a](A)

⁴ So Moses cried out to the Lord, “What shall I do for this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”^(A)