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and gave us such a root as this; but we turned back again to transgress your law by mixing with the uncleanness of the peoples of the land.
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Were you not angry enough with us to destroy us without leaving a root or seed or name?
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O Lord of Israel, you are faithful; for we are left as a root to this day.
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See, we are now before you in our iniquities; for we can no longer stand in your presence because of these things."
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While Ezra was praying and making his confession, weeping and lying on the ground before the temple, there gathered around him a very great crowd of men and women and youths from Jerusalem; for there was great weeping among the multitude.
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