1 Esdras 8:72-74

Revised Standard Version

⁷² And all who were ever moved at^[a] the word of the Lord of Israel gathered round me, as I mourned over this iniquity, and I sat grief-stricken until the evening sacrifice. ⁷³ Then I rose from my fast, with my garments and my holy mantle rent, and kneeling down and stretching forth my hands to the Lord ⁷⁴ I said,

“O Lord, I am ashamed and confounded before thy face.