Ezra 10:6

Then Ezra rose up from before the house of Elohim, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and 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.

— The Restored Word Bible

Context

4 Arise; for matter unto you: we also with you: be of good courage, and do .

5 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.

6 Then Ezra rose up from before the house of Elohim, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and 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.

7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

8 And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

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