Ezr 9:2 | NET2full | STEP | Indeed , they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons , so that the holy race has become intermingled with the local residents . Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all this unfaithfulness !”

‏ Ezra 9:2

2 Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race ^{▼▼tn Heb “the holy seed,” referring to the Israelites as God’s holy people.} has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all this unfaithfulness!”