1 Esdras 8:86-88

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⁸⁶ O Lord of Israel, you are faithful, for we are left as a root to this day.^{(A) 87} See, we are now before you in our iniquities, for we can no longer stand in your presence because of these things.”

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⁸⁸ While Ezra was praying and making his confession, weeping and lying on the ground before the temple, there gathered around him a very great crowd of men and women and youths from Jerusalem, for there was great weeping among the multitude.^(B)