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and give us such a root as this; but we turned back again to transgress thy law by mixing with the uncleanness of the peoples of the land.
88
Wast thou not angry enough with us to destroy us without leaving a root or seed or name?
89
O Lord of Israel, thou art true; for we are left as a root to this day.
90
Behold, we are now before thee in our iniquities; for we can no longer stand in thy presence because of these things."
91
While Ezra was praying and making his confession, weeping and lying upon the ground before the temple, there gathered about him a very great throng from Jerusalem, men and women and youths; for there was great weeping among the multitude.
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