Baruch 2:8-14
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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: