Baruch 3:7-14
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7 And for this cause thou hast put thy fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon thy name, and praise thee in our captivity: for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our forefathers, that sinned before thee.
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8 Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where thou hast scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to payments, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.
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9 Hear, Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.
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10 How happeneth it Israel, that thou art in thine enemies' land, that thou art waxen old in a strange country, that thou art defiled with the dead,
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11 That thou art counted with them that go down into the grave?
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12 Thou hast forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
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13 For if thou hadst walked in the way of God, thou shouldest have dwelled in peace for ever.
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14 Learn where is wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that thou mayest know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.