Ezra 9:2

9:2 Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race ¹  has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!”

Ezra 9:4

9:4 Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe ²  gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. ³  Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.

[9:2]  ¹ tn Heb “the holy seed,” referring to the Israelites as God’s holy people.

[9:4]  ² tn Heb “who trembled at the words of the God of Israel.”

[9:4]  ³ tn Heb “the exile”; the words “the people” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.