Ezra 9:10

But now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commands…
 
From Background Notes [BN] for February 4^th/5^th written by Pastor Bob Brown:

This intercession begins with real contrition. That’s a good word to use in conjunction with certain forms of intercession. To be contrite is to show remorse for sins committed.

The Latin term contritus has to do with being “crushed or ground to pieces.” In Israel’s case, the people’s actions show how they were crushed by the load of sin and the lingering temptations presented by “a land polluted by the corruption of its peoples” whose detestable practices filled the land with impurity from one

end to the other (9:11). Ezra recites this account in light of past experience when Israel faced the original
Canaanites, who, Moses and Joshua warned, would become a snare if Israel made the least accommodation with them. Any concessions to the Canaanite culture would be ultimately disastrous for Israel. And history bore out that prediction.   [BN,5]

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