Ezra 10:4
“Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.”
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.
Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.
Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.
Cross-References
“And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:”
“Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.”
“Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.”
“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:”
“Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.”