'And now, what do we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken Thy commands,

And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,

And now, our God, what should we say after these things? For we abandoned your commandments,

What shall we say after this? - Even in the midst of these beginnings of respite and mercy we have begun to provoke thee anew!

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this?.... What apology or excuse can be made for such ingratitude? what can be said in favour of such a people? what kindness can be expected to be shown to a people who had behaved in so base a manner?
for we have forsaken thy commandments: particularly those which related to marriages with people of other nations.

"And now, O our God, what can we say after this? That we have forsaken Thy commandments," זאת, i.e., such proofs of the divine compassion as have just been mentioned. The answer which follows commences with כּי, before which נאמר is mentally repeated: "we can only say that we have forsaken Thy commandments, requited Thy kindness with sins."