1 Esdras 8:78-80

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⁷⁸ and glorified the temple of our Lord and raised Zion from desolation, to give us a stronghold in Judea and Jerusalem.

⁷⁹ “And now, O Lord, what shall we say when we have these things? For we have transgressed your commandments that you gave by your servants the prophets, saying,^{(A) 80} ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted with the pollution of the foreigners of the land, and they have filled it with their uncleanness.