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and about your inheritance because of which I lament, and about Israel, on whose account I am sad, and about the seed of Jacob because of which I am disturbed?
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Therefore, I will pray before you for myself and for them, because I see the defects of we who live on earth,
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but I have heard of the swiftness of the judgment that is to come.
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Therefore, hear my voice and consider my words, and I will speak before you."
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The beginning of the words of Ezra's prayer before he was taken up. He said: Lord, you live in eternity. The highest heavens are yours, and your upper chambers are in the air.