And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord's slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.”
Ezra 9:10 - Revised Standard Version “And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken thy commandments, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now, O our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commands American Standard Version (1901) And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, Common English Bible “And now, our God, what will we say after this? We have abandoned your commandments, Catholic Public Domain Version And now, our God, what should we say after these things? For we abandoned your commandments, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken thy commandments, |
And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord's slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.”
which thou didst command by thy servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land which you are entering, to take possession of it, is a land unclean with the pollutions of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end with their uncleanness.
For we are bondmen; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection in Judea and Jerusalem.
Many years thou didst bear with them, and didst warn them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; yet they would not give ear. Therefore thou didst give them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept thy law or heeded thy commandments and thy warnings which thou didst give them.
Both we and our fathers have sinned; we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end;
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies!