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postquam autem haec conpleta sunt accesserunt ad meprincipes dicentes non est separatus populus Israhel etsacerdotes et Levitae a populis terrarum et de abominationibuseorum Chananei videlicet et Hetthei et Ferezei et Iebusei etAmmanitarum et Moabitarum et Aegyptiorum et Amorreorum

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tulerunt enim de filiabus eorum sibi et filiis suis etcommiscuerunt semen sanctum cum populis terrarum manus etiamprincipum et magistratuum fuit in transgressione hac prima

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cumque audissem sermonem istum scidi pallium meum et tunicamet evelli capillos capitis mei et barbae et sedi maerens

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convenerunt autem ad me omnes qui timebant verbum DeiIsrahel pro transgressione eorum qui de captivitate venerant etego sedebam tristis usque ad sacrificium vespertinum

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et in sacrificio vespertino surrexi de adflictione mea etscisso pallio et tunica curvavi genua mea et expandi manus measad Dominum Deum meum

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et dixi Deus meus confundor et erubesco levare Deus meusfaciem meam ad te quoniam iniquitates nostrae multiplicataesunt super caput et delicta nostra creverunt usque in caelum

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a diebus patrum nostrorum sed et nos ipsi peccavimusgranditer usque ad diem hanc et in iniquitatibus nostristraditi sumus ipsi et reges nostri et sacerdotes nostri inmanum regum terrarum in gladium in captivitatem in rapinam etin confusionem vultus sicut et die hac

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et nunc quasi parum et ad momentum facta est deprecationostra apud Dominum Deum nostrum ut dimitterentur nobisreliquiae et daretur paxillus in loco sancto eius etinluminaret oculos nostros Deus noster et daret nobis vitammodicam in servitute nostra

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quia servi sumus et in servitute nostra non dereliquit nosDeus noster et inclinavit super nos misericordiam coram regePersarum ut daret nobis vitam et sublimaret domum Dei nostri etextrueret solitudines eius et daret nobis sepem in Iuda et inHierusalem

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et nunc quid dicemus Deus noster post haec quiadereliquimus mandata tua

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quae praecepisti in manu servorum tuorum prophetarum dicensterram ad quam vos ingredimini ut possideatis eam terra inmundaest iuxta inmunditiam populorum ceterarumque terrarumabominationibus eorum qui repleverunt eam ab ore usque ad os incoinquinatione sua

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nunc ergo filias vestras ne detis filiis eorum et filiaseorum non accipiatis filiis vestris et non quaeratis pacemeorum et prosperitatem eorum usque in aeternum ut conforteminiet comedatis quae bona sunt terrae et heredes habeatis filiosvestros usque in saeculum

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et post omnia quae venerunt super nos in operibus nostrispessimis et in delicto nostro magno quia tu Deus nosterliberasti nos de iniquitate nostra et dedisti nobis salutemsicut est hodie

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ut non converteremur et irrita faceremus mandata tua nequematrimonia iungeremus cum populis abominationum istarum numquidiratus es nobis usque ad consummationem ne dimitteres nobisreliquias et salutem

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Domine Deus Israhel iustus tu quoniam derelicti sumus quisalvaremur sicut die hac ecce coram te sumus in delicto nostronon enim stari potest coram te super hoc

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009:001
Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

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For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

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And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

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Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.

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And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,

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And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

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Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

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And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

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For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

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And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

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Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

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Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

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And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

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Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

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O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

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