3. So now let us make a covenant with our God to send away all of these women and their offspring, according to the advice of my lord and those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law.
4. Arise, for it is your task and we are with you. Be strong and do it.”
5. Then Ezra stood up and made the chief priests, Levites, and all of Israel swear to do according to what was said. So they swore this oath.
6. Ezra rose from before the house of God and went to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. He did not eat food nor drink water because he was mourning over the sin of the exiles.
7. And they sent a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles to assemble in Jerusalem.