Ezr 10:1 | NET2full | STEP | While Ezra was praying and confessing , weeping and throwing himself to the ground before the temple of God , a very large crowd of Israelites — men , women , and children alike— gathered around him. The people wept loudly .

‏ Ezra 10:1

The People Confess Their Sins

1 While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself to the ground before the temple of God, a very large crowd of Israelites—men, women, and children alike—gathered around him. The people wept loudly. ^{▼▼tn Heb “with much weeping.”}