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"`So the Lord confirmed his word, which he spoke against us, and against our judges who judged Israel, and against our kings and against our princes and against the men of Israel and Judah.
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Under the whole heaven there has not been done the like of what he has done in Jerusalem, in accordance with what is written in the law of Moses,
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that we should eat, one the flesh of his son and another the flesh of his daughter.
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And he gave them into subjection to all the kingdoms around us, to be a reproach and a desolation among all the surrounding peoples, where the Lord has scattered them.
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They were brought low and not raised up, because we sinned against the Lord our God, in not heeding his voice.
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"`Righteousness belongs to the Lord our God, but confusion of face to us and our fathers, as at this day.
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All those calamities with which the Lord threatened us have come upon us.
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Yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord by turning away, each of us, from the thoughts of his wicked heart.