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As Ezra prayed and confessed ... threw himself down

Ezra speaks of himself as if he were someone else. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns)

threw himself down

quickly went from standing to lying facedown

before God's house

in front of the temple

Shekaniah

See how you translated this in Esra 8:5.

Jehiel

See how you translated this in Esra 8:9.

We have been unfaithful to our God

This was made as a public confession, not as a boastful claim.

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