Very similar in tone to this are the confessions of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 9:29–35) and of Daniel (see the marginal references). The captiv…

Ezra’s prayer of confession and deprecation.

(Ezra 9:5) And at the evening sacrifice I arose up.—Until the afternoon Ez…

Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass
unto this day
The sins…

The sacrifice, especially the evening sacrifice, was a type of the ble ed Lamb of God, who in the evening of the world, was to take away sin by the…