American King James Version
"And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments, "
— Ezra 9:10, American King James Version
“And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,”
“And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, ”
“"Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,”
““And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments”
“And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,”
“And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,”
“And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,”
Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass to 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.
And now for a little space grace has been showed 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.
For we were slaves; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended mercy to 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.
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments,
Which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.
And after all that is come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that you our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such deliverance as this;