Talmai — Addition C 11: She confesses Israel's sin and God's justice in their punishment.
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Source edition: H. B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek, 19.4.1a-30a

GREEK: καὶ νῦν ἡμάρτομεν ἐνώπιόν σου, καὶ παρέδωκας ἡμᾶς εἰς χεῖρας τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν, ἀνθʼ ὧν ἐδοξάσαμεν τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῶν. δίκαιος εἶ, Κύριε·
ENGLISH (draft-awaiting-approval): And now we have sinned before you, and you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies, because we glorified their gods. You are righteous, Lord;

PARALLELS:
- [Flagged] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Abba Guryon 4:1 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Abba Guryon) — conduit: lost intermediary. Both supply a cause MT withholds: the decree is punishment for Israel's own sin (the 18,900 who feasted with the gentiles), matching Addition C's confession 'we have sinned before you... you are righteous, Lord.'
- [Motif] Rashi on Megillah 12a:9:1 (Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. Israel's bowing to Nebuchadnezzar's image as the ground of liability matches Addition C's specific confession, 'we have sinned ... because we glorified their gods.'
- [Flagged] Targum Sheni on Esther 5:1:2 (Targum Sheni on Esther) — conduit: Aramaic. 'We are exiled and driven from our land, and because of our sin you handed us over' matches Addition C's confession almost point for point: we have sinned before you and you delivered us to our enemies; you are righteous.
- [Motif] Megillah 12a:9 (Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. 'They bowed to the image' as the generation's sin directly matches the plus's confession 'we glorified their gods.'
- [Motif] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version I 1:27 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version I) — conduit: lost intermediary. The crisis is diagnosed as punishment for the specific, named sin of eating at the gentile king's table -- matching Addition C's confession 'we have sinned before you... because we glorified their gods' as a specific sin-and-deserved-punishment frame MT does not supply.
- [Motif] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 4:1 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II) — conduit: lost intermediary. Mordecai 'knew' annihilation was decreed for the specific sin of bowing to Nebuchadnezzar's image -- matching Addition C's confession that they were handed to their enemies 'because we glorified their gods.'
- [Motif] Rashi on Megillah 12a:10:1 (Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. 'Is there favoritism -- how did they merit the miracle?' is the same theodicy question Addition C answers with 'you are righteous, Lord.'
- [Motif] Rashi on Esther 4:1:1 (Rashi on Esther) — conduit: lost intermediary. Rashi's specific sins -- bowing to Nebuchadnezzar's image, enjoying Ahasuerus's banquet -- match the plus's confession that Israel sinned by glorifying its enemies' gods; a rabbinic theodicy not in MT.
- [Motif] Aramaic Targum to Esther 4:1 (Aramaic Targum to Esther (Targum Rishon)) — conduit: Aramaic. The decree is sealed 'because they took pleasure in wicked Ahasuerus's banquet' -- the same specific sin-reason theodicy as the plus's confession.
- [Motif] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version I 1:12 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version I) — conduit: lost intermediary. God tells the patriarchs their sons are condemned 'because they did not sanctify my name in Nebuchadnezzar's days' -- a specific named sin, matching Addition C's confession that they were handed to their enemies 'because we glorified their gods... you are righteous, Lord.'
- [Flagged] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 3:12 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II) — conduit: lost intermediary. 'Your sins have now been exacted from you: your children were sold because of eating and drinking' -- the decree read explicitly as deserved punishment for a named sin, matching Addition C's confession 'we have sinned before you... you are righteous, Lord.'
- [Motif] Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1048:1 (Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061)) — conduit: lost intermediary. R. Shimon b. Yohai's answer — the generation was liable to destruction 'מפני שהשתחוו לצלם' — is exactly the plus's confession that they were handed to their enemies because they glorified other gods; not MT material (MT gives no theological cause).
- [Motif] Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1056:5 (Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061)) — conduit: lost intermediary. At the very point Addition C's prayer stands, Mordecai himself says destruction was decreed 'מיום שכרו לצלמו של נבוכדנאצר' — the same idolatry-as-cause confession, in the same speaker's mouth; not MT material.
- [Motif] Megillah 15a:12 (Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. Esther's own inquiry into whether Israel's sin caused the decree matches the plus's confession that they sinned and were delivered into their enemies' hands.