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Ezra 9:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ezra 9:3-5
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 When I heard this, I tore my garment and my mantle and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled.(A) 4 Then all who trembled at the words of the God of Israel because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles gathered around me while I sat appalled until the evening sacrifice.(B)
Ezra’s Prayer
5 At the evening sacrifice I got up from my fasting, with my garments and my mantle torn, and fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the Lord my God,(C)
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