1 Esdras 8:87-90
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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.
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88 Mightest not thou be angry with us to destroy us, till thou hadst left us neither root, seed, nor name?
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89 O Lord of Israel, thou art true: for we are left a root this day.
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90 Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee.