Then Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we as well as the one in whose hand the cup was found.”
Ezra 9:10 - Tree of Life Version “So now, our God, what should we say after this? For we have forsaken Your mitzvot Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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, |
Then Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we as well as the one in whose hand the cup was found.”
that You commanded through Your servants the prophets saying, ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the peoples of the lands. Through their abominations, they have filled it from one end to the other with their uncleanness.
Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage. He has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, reviving us in order to restore the House of our God, to raise up its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
You bore with them for many years and admonished them by Your Ruach through the hand of Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You handed them over to the peoples of the lands.
Our kings, our leaders, our kohanim, and our ancestors have not kept Your Torah or paid attention to Your mitzvot or Your testimonies by which you have admonished them.
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly.
Because of the mercies of Adonai we will not be consumed, for His compassions never fail.
Now we know that whatever the Torah says, it says to those within the Torah, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become accountable to God.
Oh my Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back before its enemies?