Ezr 10:2, Psa 51:4, Mal 3:8, 2Cor 5:19-21 | 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 .

aSee ch. 9:2

b Gen. 20:6; 39:9; 2 Sam. 12:13; [1 Cor. 8:12]

c Luke 15:18, 21

dCited Rom. 3:4

e[See ver. 7 above]

f[Neh. 13:10]

h Ps. 32:2; Rom. 4:8

i[See ver. 18 above]

j Eph. 6:20; [Mal. 2:7; Gal. 4:14]

k ch. 6:1

l Rom. 8:3; Gal. 3:13; See Rom. 4:25

mSee 1 Pet. 2:22

nSee Rom. 1:17; 1 Cor. 1:30

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.

Psalms 51:4

4 ^bAgainst you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil ^cin your sight,
^dso that you may be justified in your words
and blameless in your judgment.

Malachi 3:8

8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. ^eBut you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ ^fIn your tithes and contributions.

2 Corinthians 5:19-21

19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling ^{▼▼Or God was in Christ, reconciling} the world to himself, ^hnot counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us ⁱthe message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, ^jwe are ambassadors for Christ, ^kGod making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21 ^lFor our sake he made him to be sin ^mwho knew no sin, so that in him we might become ⁿthe righteousness of God.