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and upon our rulers, leading officials, priests, prophets, and ancestors,
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upon all of us who have sinned against the Lord.
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We have disobeyed the Lord. We have not listened to the Lord God's voice so as to keep the commandments that he gave to us.
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From the day when the Lord brought our ancestors from the land of Egypt until today, we have been disobedient to the Lord our God and have acted carelessly by not listening to his voice.
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Therefore, to this day horrible things have come upon us, even the curse that the Lord ordered through Moses his servant in the day when he brought our ancestors out of Egypt to give us a prosperous land full of milk and honey.