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1 Esdras 8:74-76
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Esdras 8:74-76
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
74 Because of our sins and the sins of our ancestors, we with our kindred and our kings and our priests were given over to the kings of the earth, to the sword and exile and plundering, in shame until this day.(A) 75 And now in some measure mercy has come to us from you, O Lord, to leave to us a root and a name in your holy place(B) 76 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. Even in our bondage we were not forsaken by our Lord,(C)
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