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And because of our sins and the sins of our fathers we with our brethren and our kings and our priests were given over to the kings of the earth, to the sword and captivity and plundering, in shame until this day.
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For our sins have risen higher than our heads, and our mistakes have mounted up to heaven
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from the times of our fathers, and we are in great sin to this day.
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And because of our sins and the sins of our fathers we with our brethren and our kings and our priests were given over to the kings of the earth, to the sword and captivity and plundering, in shame until this day.
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And now in some measure mercy has come to us from thee, O Lord, to leave to us a root and a name in thy holy place,
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and to uncover a light for us in the house of the Lord our God, and to give us food in the time of our servitude.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.