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Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.
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Thus we were cast down, and not exalted, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, and have not been obedient unto his voice.
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To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness: but unto us and to our fathers open shame, as appeareth this day.
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For all these plagues are come upon us, which the Lord hath pronounced against us
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Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.