1 Now when thesethings had been completed, the princesapproached me, saying, "The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not 1separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, 2according to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians and the Amorites.
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"For 3they have takensome of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that 4the holyrace has 5intermingled with the peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the princes and the rulers have beenforemost in thisunfaithfulness."
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When I heard about thismatter, I 6tore my garment and my robe, and pulledsome of the hair from my head and my beard, and 7satdownappalled.
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Then 8everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exilesgathered to me, and I satappalleduntil9the eveningoffering.