1 Esdras 8:86-88

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁸⁶ And all that has happened to us has come about because of our evil deeds and our great sins. For you, O Lord, lifted the burden of our sins ⁸⁷ and gave us such a root as this; but we turned back again to transgress your law by mixing with the uncleanness of the peoples of the land. ⁸⁸ Were you not angry enough with us to destroy us without leaving a root or seed or name?