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This is the confession you should make: "The Lord our God is righteous, but we are still covered with shame. All of us - the people of Judah, the people of Jerusalem,
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our kings, our rulers, our priests, our prophets, and our ancestors have been put to shame,
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because we have sinned against the Lord our God
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and have disobeyed him. We did not listen to him or live according to his commandments.
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From the day the Lord brought our ancestors out of Egypt until the present day, we have continued to be unfaithful to him, and we have not hesitated to disobey him.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.