And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.
Ezra 9:10 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy 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 shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.
which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness,
For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Yet many years didst thou bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit through thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.
We have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgement of God:
Oh Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!