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10And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

Ezra 9:10

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 5-15)

What the meditations of Ezra’s heart were, while for some hours he sat down astonished, we may guess by the words of his mouth when at length he spoke with his tongue ; and a most pathetic address he here makes to Heaven upon this occasion. Observe, I. The time when he made this address— at the evening sacrifice , Ezra 9:5. Then (it is likely) devout people used to come into the courts of the temp...

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