3Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by ver. 17, 18, 23; [Neh. 1:4]prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. 4I prayed to the Lord my God and ver. 20; [Ezra 10:1; Neh. 1:6]made confession, saying, Neh. 1:5; 9:32βO Lord, the Neh. 1:5; 9:32great and awesome God, who Deut. 7:9keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5ver. 15we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly Lam. 3:42and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 62 Chr. 36:15, 16We have not listened to Ezra 9:11; Zech. 1:6your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to Ezra 9:7; Neh. 9:34our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7To you, [ver. 14; Lam. 1:18]O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, [Esth. 9:20]those who are near and [Esth. 9:20]those who are far away, in See Jer. 8:3all the lands to which you have driven them, because of Lev. 26:40the treachery that they have committed against you.
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