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As soon as I heard this, I tore my clothes and my sacred robe in despair. I also tore my hair and my beard, and sat down crushed with anxiety and grief.
72
I sat there grieving about this sin until it was time for the evening sacrifice to be offered, when people began to gather around me - all those who were disturbed by what the Lord of Israel had said.
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Then I got up from where I had been fasting, and still wearing my torn clothes, I knelt in prayer and stretched out my hands to the Lord.
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I said, "O Lord, I am ashamed and confused in your presence.
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Our sins tower over our heads; they reach as high as the heavens.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.