1 Esdras 8:87-89

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁸⁷ and gave us such a root as this; but we turned back again to transgress your law by mixing with the uncleanness of the peoples of the land. ⁸⁸ Were you not angry enough with us to destroy us without leaving a root or seed or name? ⁸⁹ O Lord of Israel, you are faithful; for we are left as a root to this day.