Ezra 9:6
Hebrew Bible
5 At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God. 6 I prayed: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens. 7 From the days of our fathers until this very day our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities we, along with our kings and priests, have been delivered over by the local kings to sword, captivity, plunder, and embarrassment—right up to the present time.
Date: 4th Century B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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1 Enoch 13:5
Pseudepigrapha
4 And they begged me to write a petition for them that they might find forgiveness, and to read their petition in the presence of the Lord of heaven. 5 For from then on, they could not speak or lift up their eyes to heaven because of the shame of their sins for which they had been condemned. 6 Then I wrote out their petition, and the prayer regarding their spirits and their deeds, and regarding their requests for forgiveness and a longer lifespan.
Date: 200-50 B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References
"... The description of the watchers’ attitude reflects the wording of Ezra’s classic prayer of confession (Ezra 9:6; compare with Luke 18:13). The surpassing enormity of their sin is reflected, however, in their inability to pray. The watchers’ petition is for forgiveness, which is consonant with the nature of the sentence against them in 12:5 ..."
Nickelsburg, George W. E.
A Commentary on the Book of 1 Enoch Chapters 1-36, 81-108
(p. 238) Fortress Press, 2001
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