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So I earnestly pleaded with the Lord God to end our captivity and send us back to our own land.[a]

As I prayed, I fasted and wore rough sackcloth, and I sprinkled myself with ashes and confessed my sins and those of my people.

“O Lord,” I prayed, “you are a great and awesome God; you always fulfill your promises of mercy to those who love you and keep your laws. But we have sinned so much; we have rebelled against you and scorned your commands.

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  1. Daniel 9:3 to end our captivity and send us back to our own land, implied.

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