16 For the Lord will rebuild Zion(A)
    and appear in his glory.(B)

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16 When the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.

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11 All Israel has transgressed(A) your law(B) and turned away, refusing to obey you.

“Therefore the curses(C) and sworn judgments(D) written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned(E) against you. 12 You have fulfilled(F) the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing on us great disaster.(G) Under the whole heaven nothing has ever been done like(H) what has been done to Jerusalem.(I) 13 Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord(J) our God by turning from our sins and giving attention to your truth.(K) 14 The Lord did not hesitate to bring the disaster(L) on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in everything he does;(M) yet we have not obeyed him.(N)

15 “Now, Lord our God, who brought your people out of Egypt with a mighty hand(O) and who made for yourself a name(P) that endures to this day, we have sinned, we have done wrong. 16 Lord, in keeping with all your righteous acts,(Q) turn away(R) your anger and your wrath(S) from Jerusalem,(T) your city, your holy hill.(U) Our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors have made Jerusalem and your people an object of scorn(V) to all those around us.

17 “Now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of your servant. For your sake, Lord, look with favor(W) on your desolate sanctuary. 18 Give ear,(X) our God, and hear;(Y) open your eyes and see(Z) the desolation of the city that bears your Name.(AA) We do not make requests of you because we are righteous, but because of your great mercy.(AB) 19 Lord, listen! Lord, forgive!(AC) Lord, hear and act! For your sake,(AD) my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”

The Seventy “Sevens”

20 While I was speaking and praying, confessing(AE) my sin and the sin of my people Israel and making my request to the Lord my God for his holy hill(AF)

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11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

12 And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.

13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.

14 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.

16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;

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