Esther 14:6LXX

Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 6 of 19

"And now we have sinned before thee: therefore hast thou given us into the hands of our enemies,"
Esther 14:6

In context

4For my danger is in mine hand.

5From my youth up I have heard in the tribe of my family that thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our fathers from all their predecessors, for a perpetual inheritance, and thou hast performed whatsoever thou didst promise them.

6And now we have sinned before thee: therefore hast thou given us into the hands of our enemies,

7Because we worshipped their gods: O Lord, thou art righteous.

8Nevertheless it satisfieth them not, that we are in bitter captivity: but they have stricken hands with their idols,

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