Ezra 5:12

5:12 But after our ancestors ¹  angered the God of heaven, he delivered them into the hands ²  of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and exiled the people to Babylon. ³ 

Ezra 9:5

9:5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, ⁴  with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God.

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¹ tn Aram “fathers.”

² tn Aram “hand” (singular).

³ sn A reference to the catastrophic events of 586 b.c.

⁴ tn The Hebrew word used here is a hapax legomenon. It refers to the self-abasement that accompanies religious sorrow and fasting.