CLV(i)
7 Then they let a notification pass in Judah and in Jerusalem to all the sons of deportation to convene to Jerusalem;
8 and anyone who did not come within three days might, on the counsel of the chiefs and the elders, have all his goods doomed and he himself be separated from the assembly of the sons of deportation.
9 So within the three days all the men of Judah and Benjamin convened in Jerusalem; it was in the ninth month on the twentieth day of the month. All the people were sitting in the square of the House of the One, Elohim, quivering on account of the matter and because of the downpours.
10 Then Ezra the priest arose and said to them:You yourselves have offended and located in your houses foreign women, thus adding to the guilt of Israel.
11 So now make confession to Yahweh Elohim of your fathers and get His approval and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from the foreign women.
12 The entire assembly responded and avowed with a loud voice:Just so; it is on us to act according to your word.