Baruch 2:7-20
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7 For all these plagues are come upon us, which the Lord hath pronounced against us
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8 Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.
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9 Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us.
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10 Yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us.
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11 And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:
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12 O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances.
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13 Let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where thou hast scattered us.
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14 Hear our prayers, O Lord, and our petitions, and deliver us for thine own sake, and give us favour in the sight of them which have led us away:
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15 That all the earth may know that thou art the Lord our God, because Israel and his posterity is called by thy name.
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16 O Lord, look down from thine holy house, and consider us: bow down thine ear, O Lord, to hear us.
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17 Open thine eyes, and behold; for the dead that are in the graves, whose souls are taken from their bodies, will give unto the Lord neither praise nor righteousness:
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18 But the soul that is greatly vexed, which goeth stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give thee praise and righteousness, O Lord.
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19 Therefore we do not make our humble supplication before thee, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.
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20 For thou hast sent out thy wrath and indignation upon us, as thou hast spoken by thy servants the prophets, saying,