We move from a retelling of events by the Chronicler that led Judah into captivity, to a review of the return from Babylon to Jerusalem. After 70 years in exile, the people return in two waves that are almost 80 years apart. And just as before, the people continue to IGNORE GOD’s WORD coming from His prophets. Ezra tells the men of Judah that they have to get rid of wives from other nations. There were SO MANY WIVES that they were SCHEDULED TO LEAVE!