3. Now let us make an agreement before our God to send away all these women and their children. We will do that to follow the advice of Ezra and the people who respect the laws of our God. We will obey God’s law.
4. Get up, Ezra. This is your responsibility, but we will support you. So be brave and do it.”
5. So Ezra got up. He made the leading priests, the Levites, and all the Israelites promise to do what he said.
6. Then Ezra went away from the front of God’s house. He went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While Ezra was there, he didn’t eat food or drink water. He did that because he was still very sad. He was very sad about the Israelites who came back to Jerusalem.