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So all they that were then moved at the word of the Lord God of Israel assembled unto me, whilst I mourned for the iniquity: but I sat still full of heaviness until the evening sacrifice.
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Then rising up from the fast with my clothes and the holy garment rent, and bowing my knees, and stretching forth my hands unto the Lord,
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I said, O Lord, I am confounded and ashamed before thy face;
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For our sins are multiplied above our heads, and our ignorances have reached up unto heaven.
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For ever since the time of our fathers we have been and are in great sin, even unto this day.