<div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012435">Ezra</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012665">Chapter 9</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012667">Verse 2</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1012666">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1012668">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><p><em>Second Group Returns from Exile in Babylon</em></p><p><em>Ezra Recommits Israel to Marriage Within the Covenant</em></p><p>For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.</p><div class="scripturelog_navigation"><div> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1000000">Old Testament</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012435">Ezra</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012665">Chapter 9</a> &raquo; <a href="?page_id=1012667">Verse 2</a></div><div><span class="scripturelog_navigation_previous"><a href="?page_id=1012666">&laquo; Previous Verse</a></span> &bull; <span class="scripturelog_navigation_next"><a href="?page_id=1012668">Next Verse &raquo;</a></span></div></div><div class="lds_official">[<a href="http://scriptures.lds.org/en/ezra/9/2">View Ezra Chapter 9 Verse 2 at the Official LDS Website</a>]</div>