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16 You are our Father.
    Abraham might not accept us as his children.
    Jacob might not recognize us as his family.
But you are our Father, Lord.
    Your name is One Who Always Sets Us Free.
17 Lord, why do you let us wander away from you?
    Why do you let us become so stubborn
    that we don’t respect you?
Come back and help us.
    We are the tribes that belong to you.
18 For a little while your holy people possessed the land.
    But now our enemies have torn your temple down.

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16 But you are our Father,(A)
    though Abraham does not know us
    or Israel acknowledge(B) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
    our Redeemer(C) from of old is your name.
17 Why, Lord, do you make us wander(D) from your ways
    and harden our hearts(E) so we do not revere(F) you?
Return(G) for the sake of your servants,
    the tribes that are your inheritance.(H)
18 For a little while(I) your people possessed your holy place,
    but now our enemies have trampled(J) down your sanctuary.(K)

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