"Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?"
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For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike.
And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.
Are we then without protest to let you do all this great evil, sinning against our God by taking strange women for your wives?
And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God by marrying foreign wives?
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
Shall we then hearken to you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying foreign wives?
Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
And to you do we hearken to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God, to settle strange women?'