Ezra 9:10
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And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

what shall we say

Genesis 44:16 And Juda said to him: What shall we answer my lord? or what shall we say, or be able justly to allege? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are all bondmen to my lord, both we, and he with whom the cup was found.

Joshua 7:8 My Lord God, what shall I say, seeing Israel turning their backs to their enemies?

Lamentations 3:22 Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.

Daniel 9:4-16 And I prayed to the Lord, my God, and I made my confession, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord God, great and terrible, who keepest the covenant, and mercy to them that love thee, and keep thy commandments. . . .

Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law: that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be made subject to God.

Context
Ezra's Prayer of Confession
9For we are bondmen, and in our bondage our God hath not forsaken us, but hath extended mercy upon us before the king of the Persians, to give us life, and to set up the house of our God, and to rebuild the desolations thereof, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem. 10And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,11Which thou hast commanded by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying: The land which you go to possess, is an unclean land, according to the uncleanness of the people, and of other lands, with their abominations, who have filled it from mouth to mouth with their filth.…
Cross References
Ezra 9:9
For we are bondmen, and in our bondage our God hath not forsaken us, but hath extended mercy upon us before the king of the Persians, to give us life, and to set up the house of our God, and to rebuild the desolations thereof, and to give us a fence in Juda and Jerusalem.

Ezra 9:11
Which thou hast commanded by the hand of thy servants the prophets, saying: The land which you go to possess, is an unclean land, according to the uncleanness of the people, and of other lands, with their abominations, who have filled it from mouth to mouth with their filth.

Lexicon
And now,
וְעַתָּ֛ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time

our God,
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

what
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

can we say
נֹּאמַ֥ר (nō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

after
אַֽחֲרֵי־ (’a·ḥă·rê-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

this?
זֹ֑את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

For
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

we have forsaken
עָזַ֖בְנוּ (‘ā·zaḇ·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

the commandments
מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ׃ (miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4687: Commandment


Additional Translations
And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandmentsAnd now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments,

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

What shall we say, our God, after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

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

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

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

"Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,

'And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands,
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