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And for thine inheritance, for whose cause I mourn; and for Israel, for whom I am heavy; and for Jacob, for whose sake I am troubled;
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Therefore will I begin to pray before thee for myself and for them: for I see the falls of us that dwell in the land.
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But I have heard the swiftness of the judge which is to come.
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Therefore hear my voice, and understand my words, and I shall speak before thee. This is the beginning of the words of Esdras, before he was taken up: and I said,
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O Lord, thou that dwellest in everlastingness which beholdest from above things in the heaven and in the air;