Judg 2:4, Ezr 9:1-4, 10:6-9, Isa 22:12, Eze 9:4-6, Joe 2:17 | ESV | STEP | As soon as the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel , the people lifted up their voices and wept .

Judges 2:4

4 As soon as the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.

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.

Ezra 10:6-9

6 Then Ezra withdrew ^lfrom before the house of God and went to the ^mchamber of ⁿJehohanan the son of ^oEliashib, where he spent the night, ^{▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew where he went} neither ^qeating bread nor drinking water, for he was mourning over the faithlessness of the exiles. 7 And a proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles that they should assemble at Jerusalem, 8 and that if anyone did not come within three days, by order of the officials and the elders all his property should be forfeited, and he himself banned from the congregation of the exiles.

9 Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the ^rheavy rain.

Isaiah 22:12

12 In that day ^sthe Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for ^tbaldness and ^uwearing sackcloth;

Ezekiel 9:4-6

4 And the Lord said to him, “Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and ^vput a mark on the foreheads of the men who ^wsigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it.” 5 And to ^xthe others he said in my hearing, “Pass through the city after him, and strike. ^yYour eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity. 6 ^zKill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but ^aatouch no one on whom is the mark. And ^abbegin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.

Joel 2:17

17 ^acBetween the ^advestibule and the ^aealtar
^aflet the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations. ^{▼▼Or reproach, that the nations should rule over them}
^ahWhy should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”