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Now that we have these things, what will we say, Lord? We have violated your commandments, which you gave by your servants the prophets:
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Even in our servitude we weren't forgotten, but the Lord showed us favor among the kings of the Persians
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so that they've given us provisions, honored the Lord's temple, and rebuilt the ruins of Zion, to give us a solid place in Judea and Jerusalem.
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Now that we have these things, what will we say, Lord? We have violated your commandments, which you gave by your servants the prophets:
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"The land that you are about to possess is a land polluted with the foreigners of the land. The foreigners have filled it with their impurity.
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So don't give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and don't take their daughters for your sons.
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