Ezra:9:6-15
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And said ,
O my God ,
I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee ,
my God :
for our iniquities are increased over our head ro #
sh #,
and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens .
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Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day ;
and for our iniquities have we ,
our kings ,
and our priests ,
been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands ,
to the sword ,
to captivity ,
and to a spoil ,
and to confusion of face ,
as it is this day .
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And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God ,
to leave us a remnant to escape ,
and to give us a nail in his holy place ,
that our God may lighten our eyes ,
and give us a little reviving in our bondage .
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For we were 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 desolations thereof ,
and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem .
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And now ,
O our God ,
what shall we say after this ?
for we have forsaken thy commandments ,
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Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets ,
saying ,
The land ,
unto which ye go to possess it ,
is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands ,
with their abominations tow #
ebah #,
which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness tum #
ah #.
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Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons ,
neither take their daughters unto your sons ,
nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever :
that ye may be strong ,
and eat the good of the land ,
and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever .
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And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds ma #
aseh #,
and for our great trespass ,
seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve ,
and hast given us such deliverance as this ;
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Should we again break thy commandments ,
and join in affinity with the people of these abominations tow #
ebah #?
wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us ,
so that there should be no remnant nor escaping ?
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O LORD God of Israel Yisra #
el #,
thou art righteous :
for we remain yet escaped ,
as it is this day :
behold ,
we are before thee in our trespasses :
for we cannot stand before thee because of this .