Ezra 10:11-13

New American Standard Bible

¹¹ Now therefore, ^(A)make confession to the Lord God of your fathers and ^(B)do His will; and ^(C)separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign wives.” ¹² Then all the assembly replied with a loud voice, “It is ^[a]our duty to do exactly as you have said! ¹³ However, there are many people, it is the rainy season, and we are not able to stand in the open. Nor can the task be done in one or two days, because we have done a great wrong in this matter.