³ When I heard about this matter, I ^(A)tore my garment and my robe, and pulled out some of the hair from my head and my beard, and ^(B)sat down ^[a]appalled.

Reconciliation with God

10 Now ^(A)while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself ^(B)before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women, and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept greatly.