Ezr 10:2 | HCSB | STEP | Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel , an Elamite , responded to Ezra : “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples , but there is still hope for Israel in spite of this .

Ezra 10:2

2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, ^a an Elamite, responded to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the surrounding peoples, ^b but there is still hope for Israel in spite of this.