4. It is your responsibility to act. We are behind you, so go ahead and get it done.”
5. So Ezra began by making the leaders of the priests, of the Levites, and of the rest of the people take an oath that they would do what Shecaniah had proposed.
6. Then he went from in front of the Temple into the living quarters of Jehohanan son of Eliashib, and spent the night there grieving over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. He did not eat or drink anything.
7. A message was sent throughout Jerusalem and Judah that all those who had returned from exile were to meet in Jerusalem