Lux Domini
And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

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Interpretation

The sacrifice, especially the evening sacrifice, was a type of the blessed Lamb of God, who in the evening of the world, was to take away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Ezra's address is a penitent confession of sin, the sin of his people.

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This thought runs through Ezra 9:7-11.