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As for me, I have neither forsaken you nor withdrawn from you; but I have come to this place to pray on account of the desolation of Zion, and to seek mercy on account of the humiliation of our sanctuary.
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"Take courage, O Israel; and do not be sorrowful, O house of Jacob;
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for the Most High has you in remembrance, and the Mighty One has not forgotten you in your struggle.
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As for me, I have neither forsaken you nor withdrawn from you; but I have come to this place to pray on account of the desolation of Zion, and to seek mercy on account of the humiliation of our sanctuary.
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Now go, every one of you to his house, and after these days I will come to you."
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So the people went into the city, as I told them to do.
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