Verse 27

Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 10:2 : 2 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.
• 1 Sam 30:24 : 24 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.