Shechaniah

Ezra 10:26
From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah.

Nehemiah 3:29
Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.

Elam

Ezra 2:7, 31
the descendants of Elam, 1, 254; . . .

Nehemiah 7:12, 34
the descendants of Elam, 1, 254; . . .

Compare

James 2:9
But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Exodus 34:12
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your midst.

Nehemiah 13:27
Why should we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?"

yet now there is hope

Exodus 34:6, 7
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: "The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and truth, . . .

Isaiah 55:6, 7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. . . .

Jeremiah 3:12, 13
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: 'Return, O faithless Israel, ' declares the LORD. 'I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful, ' declares the LORD. 'I will not be angry forever. . . .

1 John 1:7-9
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. . . .