1 Esdras 8:88-90

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁸⁸ Were you not angry enough with us to destroy us without leaving a root or seed or name? ⁸⁹ O Lord of Israel, you are faithful; for we are left as a root to this day. ⁹⁰ See, we are now before you in our iniquities; for we can no longer stand in your presence because of these things.’