Ezr 10:2, Neh 10:30, 13:27 | ESV | STEP | And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel , of the sons of Elam , addressed Ezra : We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land , but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this .

Ezra 10:2

2 And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, addressed Ezra: ^a“We have broken faith with our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land, but even now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.

Nehemiah 10:30

30 ^bWe will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons.

Nehemiah 13:27

27 Shall we then listen to you and do all this great evil and ^cact treacherously against our God by marrying foreign women?”