1 Esdras 9:11

11 But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather so that we cannot stand outside, and this is not the work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far,

1 Esdras 9:11 In-Context

9 and do His will and separate yourselves from the heathen of the land and from the foreign women."

10 Then cried the whole multitude, and said with a loud voice, "As thou hast spoken, so will we do.

11 But forasmuch as the people are many, and it is foul weather so that we cannot stand outside, and this is not the work of a day or two, seeing our sin in these things is spread far,

12 therefore let the rulers of the multitude stay, and let all those of our habitations who have foreign wives come at the time appointed,

13 and with them the rulers and judges of every place, till we turn away the wrath of the Lord from us for this matter."