1Esdr 8:85
Moreover ye shall never seek to have peace with them, that ye
may be strong, and eat the good things of the land, and that ye
may leave the inheritance of the land unto your children for
evermore.

1Esdr 8:86
And all that is befallen is done unto us for our wicked works
and great sins; for thou, O Lord, didst make our sins light,

1Esdr 8:87
And didst give unto us such a root: but we have turned back
again to transgress thy law, and to mingle ourselves with the
uncleanness of the nations of the land.

1Esdr 8:88
Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou
hadst left us neither root, seed, nor name?

1Esdr 8:89
O Lord of Israel, thou art true: for we are left a root this
day.

1Esdr 8:90
Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we
cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee.

1Esdr 8:91
And as Esdras in his prayer made his confession, weeping, and