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This was done for many years; but the inhabitants of the city transgressed,
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in everything doing as Adam and all his descendants had done, for they also had the evil heart.
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So thou didst deliver the city into the hands of thy enemies.
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"Then I said in my heart, Are the deeds of those who inhabit Babylon any better? Is that why she has gained dominion over Zion?
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For when I came here I saw ungodly deeds without number, and my soul has seen many sinners during these thirty years. And my heart failed me,
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