9:11 which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words: 1 ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! 2 With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness.
Ezra 9:15
9:15 O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt 3 no one can really stand before you.”
1 tnHeb “through your servants the prophets, saying.”
2 tnHeb “the peoples of the lands.”
3 tnHeb “this”; the referent (the guilt mentioned previously) has been specified in the translation for clarity.