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47 (A)and if they cause these things to return to their heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and [a]return and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, ‘(B)We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly’;

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  1. 1 Kings 8:47 Or repent

(A)Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and on account of our iniquities we, our kings and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder and to [a](B)open shame, as it is this day.

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  1. Ezra 9:7 Lit shame of faces

(A)We have worked in utter destruction against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments (B)which You commanded Your [a]servant Moses.

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  1. Nehemiah 1:7 Or slave, cf. 1:6; see Foreword, “The Terminology of Slave”

25 Let us lie down in our (A)shame, and let our dishonor cover us; for we have sinned against Yahweh our God, we and our fathers, (B)from our youth even to this day. And we have not listened to the voice of Yahweh our God.”

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(A)we have sinned and committed iniquity and acted wickedly and (B)rebelled, even (C)turning aside from Your commandments and judgments.

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