Ezr 9:2 | NETfull | 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 of this!”

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 ^{▼▼ 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 of this!”