Ezr 9:1-4 | ESV | STEP | After these things had been done , the officials approached me and said , The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations , from the Canaanites , the Hittites , the Perizzites , the Jebusites , the Ammonites , the Moabites , the Egyptians , and the Amorites .

Ezra 9:1-4

Ezra Prays About Intermarriage

1 After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, “The people of Israel and the priests and the ^aLevites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands ^bwith their abominations, from the ^cCanaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 ^dFor they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the ^eholy race ^{▼▼Hebrew offspring} has ^gmixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.” 3 As soon as I heard this, I ^htore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and ⁱsat appalled. 4 Then all who ^jtrembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles, gathered around me while I sat ^kappalled until the evening sacrifice.