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But we didn't listen to your voice, to serve the king of Babylon, so you have carried out the words that you spoke through your servants the prophets. The bones of our rulers and ancestors were brought out of their tombs.
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Look, their bones have been thrown out into the heat of the day and the frost of the night. They died by many horrors, from famine, sword, and exile.
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Because of Israel's and Judah's evil, you have made the house that carries your name what it is today.
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Lord our God, you have acted toward us in line with your great kindness and your great compassion,
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just as you spoke through your servant Moses on the day when you commanded him to write your Law in the presence of the Israelites. You said: