Now therfore let vs make a couenant with our God, to put away all the wiues (and such as are borne of them) according to the counsell of the Lord, and of those that feare the commandements of our God, and let it be done according to the Lawe.
Ezra 10:1 Whiles Ezra prayed thus, and confessed himselfe weeping, and falling downe before the house of God, there assembled vnto him of Israel a very great Congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept with a great lamentation.
Ezra 10:2 Then Shechaniah the sonne of Iehiel one of the sonnes of Elam answered, and sayd to Ezra, We haue trespassed against our God, and haue taken strange wiues of the people of the land, yet nowe there is hope in Israel concerning this.
Ezra 10:3 Now therfore let vs make a couenant with our God, to put away all the wiues (and such as are borne of them) according to the counsell of the Lord, and of those that feare the commandements of our God, and let it be done according to the Lawe.
Ezra 10:4 Arise: for the matter belogeth vnto thee: we also wil be with thee: be of comfort and do it.
Ezra 10:5 Then arose Ezra, and caused the chiefe Priestes, the Leuites, and all Israel, to sweare that they would doe according to this worde. So they sware.
The verse centers on "therfore", "make", "couenant", "away", "wiues", "such", "borne", and "counsell". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therfore" and "make", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Then Shechaniah the sonne of Iehiel one..." into verse 4's "Arise for the matter belogeth vnto thee...", so "therfore" and "make" belong inside that flow. In Ezra context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "therfore" and "make" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.