And Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; here we are then, my lord’s slaves, both we and also the one in whose possession the cup has been found.”
Ezra 9:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 “And now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments, More versionsKing 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 can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; here we are then, my lord’s slaves, both we and also the one in whose possession the cup has been found.”
which you commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land unclean with the pollutions of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations. They have filled it from end to end with their uncleanness.
For we are slaves; yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to give us new life to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judea and Jerusalem.
Many years you were patient with them and warned them by your spirit through your prophets, yet they would not listen. Therefore you handed them over to the peoples of the lands.
our kings, our officials, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law or heeded the commandments and the warnings that you gave them.
Both we and our ancestors have sinned; we have committed iniquity, 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 silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned their backs to their enemies!