And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments, which you commanded by your servants the prophets." The prayer articulates the contradiction between the community\'s experience of God\'s mercy and their apparent return to covenant violation through intermarriage. The invocation of "servants the prophets" appeals to the prophetic tradition of Torah interpretation and warning. This verse demonstrates how the community understood the prophetic office as authoritative interpreters of covenant requirements.

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