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34 Our kings, ·leaders [officials], priests, and ·ancestors [fathers] did not obey your ·teachings [laws; instructions; L Torah];
    they did not pay attention to the commands and ·warnings [decrees; testimonies] you gave them.
35 Even when ·our ancestors [L they] were living in their kingdom,
    ·enjoying [benefiting from] all the good things you ·had given [lavished/bestowed on] them,
    ·enjoying [benefiting from] the land that was ·fertile and full of room [rich and spacious],
    they did not ·stop [serve you and turn from] their evil ·ways [deeds; practices].

36 “·Look [T Behold], we are slaves today
    in the land you gave our ·ancestors [fathers].
·They were to enjoy [L …to eat] its fruit and its good things,
    but ·look [T behold], we are slaves here.

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34 Our kings,(A) our leaders, our priests and our ancestors(B) did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep. 35 Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great goodness(C) to them in the spacious and fertile land you gave them, they did not serve you(D) or turn from their evil ways.

36 “But see, we are slaves(E) today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces.

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