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Then I said, “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps his covenant of unfailing love with those who love him and obey his commands,
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listen to my prayer! Look down and see me praying night and day for your people Israel. I confess that we have sinned against you. Yes, even my own family and I have sinned!
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We have sinned terribly by not obeying the commands, decrees, and regulations that you gave us through your servant Moses.
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“Please remember what you told your servant Moses: ‘If you are unfaithful to me, I will scatter you among the nations.
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But if you return to me and obey my commands and live by them, then even if you are exiled to the ends of the earth, I will bring you back to the place I have chosen for my name to be honored.’