Ezra 10:2 Then Shekaniah son of Jehiel, one of the descendants of Elam, said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the peoples around us. But in spite of this, there is still hope for Israel.

Treasury of Scripture

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

Shechaniah

Ezra 10:26 And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah.

Nehemiah 3:29 After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah...

Elam

Ezra 2:7,31 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four...

Nehemiah 7:12,34 The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four...

We have trespassed (Shechaniah here speaks in the name of the people, not acknowledging himself culpable; for he is not in the following list.)

Compare

James 2:9 But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

Exodus 34:12 Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you go...

Nehemiah 13:27 Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?

yet now there is hope

Exodus 34:6,7 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering...

Isaiah 55:6,7 Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you on him while he is near...

Jeremiah 3:12,13 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, said the LORD...

1 John 1:7-9 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another...

Strong's Concordance

And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, [one] of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.

Topical Bible

Descendants Elam Ezra Foreign Hope Jehiel Married Marrying Peoples Shecaniah Sons Spite Trespassed Unfaithful Women Yet

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Ezra Chapter 10 Verse 2

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OT History: Ezra 10:2 Shecaniah the son of Jehiel one (Ezr. Ez)