thee, O Lord, that there should be left us a root and a name in
the place of thy sanctuary;

1Esdr 8:79
And to discover unto us a light in the house of the Lord our
God, and to give us food in the time of our servitude.

1Esdr 8:80
Yea, when we were in bondage, we were not forsaken of our
Lord; but he made us gracious before the kings of Persia, so
that they gave us food;

1Esdr 8:81
Yea, and honoured the temple of our Lord, and raised up the
desolate Sion, that they have given us a sure abiding in Jewry
and Jerusalem.

1Esdr 8:82
And now, O Lord, what shall we say, having these things? for
we have transgressed thy commandments, which thou gavest by the
hand of thy servants the prophets, saying,

1Esdr 8:83
That the land, which ye enter into to possess as an heritage,
is a land polluted with the pollutions of the strangers of the
land, and they have filled it with their uncleanness.

1Esdr 8:84
Therefore now shall ye not join your daughters unto their
sons, neither shall ye take their daughters unto your sons.