Sending Away Foreign Wives

10 While Ezra prayed and confessed, weeping and falling face down^(A) before the house of God, an extremely large assembly of Israelite men, women, and children gathered around him. The people also wept bitterly.^(B)

² Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners,^(A) and they stood^(B) and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.^{(C) 3} While they stood in their places,^(D) they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day and spent another quarter of the day^(E) in confession^(F) and worship of the Lord their God.

The Seventy Weeks of Years

²⁰ While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel,^(A) and presenting my petition before the Lord my God concerning the holy mountain of my God – 

²¹ He made the one who did not know sin^(A) to be sin^[a] for us,^(B) so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

¹⁶ Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.^(A)

⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive^(A) us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.