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1 # Now in the twenty <06242> and fourth <0702> day <03117> of this month <02320> the children <01121> of Israel <03478> were assembled <0622> (8738) with fasting <06685>, and with sackclothes <08242>, and earth <0127> upon them.
2 And the seed <02233> of Israel <03478> separated <0914> (8735) themselves from all strangers <01121> <05236> , and stood <05975> (8799) and confessed <03034> (8691) their sins <02403>, and the iniquities <05771> of their fathers <01>.
3 And they stood up <06965> (8799) in their place <05977>, and read <07121> (8799) in the book <05612> of the law <08451> of the LORD <03068> their God <0430> one fourth part <07243> of the day <03117>; and another fourth part <07243> they confessed <03034> (8693), and worshipped <07812> (8693) the LORD <03068> their God <0430>.
4 # Then stood up <06965> (8799) upon the stairs <04608>, of the Levites <03881>, Jeshua <03442>, and Bani <01137>, Kadmiel <06934>, Shebaniah <07645>, Bunni <01138>, Sherebiah <08274>, Bani <01137>, and Chenani <03662> , and cried <02199> (8799) with a loud <01419> voice <06963> unto the LORD <03068> their God <0430>.
5 Then the Levites <03881>, Jeshua <03442>, and Kadmiel <06934>, Bani <01137>, Hashabniah <02813>, Sherebiah <08274>, Hodijah <01941>, Shebaniah <07645>, and Pethahiah <06611>, said <0559> (8799), Stand up <06965> (8798) and bless <01288> (8761) the LORD <03068> your God <0430> for ever <05769> and ever <05769>: and blessed <01288> (8762) be thy glorious <03519> name <08034>, which is exalted <07311> (8784) above all blessing <01293> and praise <08416>.
6 Thou, even thou, art LORD <03068> alone; thou hast made <06213> (8804) heaven <08064>, the heaven <08064> of heavens <08064>, with all their host <06635>, the earth <0776>, and all things that are therein, the seas <03220>, and all that is therein, and thou preservest <02421> (8764) them all; and the host <06635> of heaven <08064> worshippeth <07812> (8693) thee.
7 Thou art the LORD <03068> the God <0430>, who didst choose <0977> (8804) Abram <087>, and broughtest him forth <03318> (8689) out of Ur <0218> of the Chaldees <03778>, and gavest <07760> (8804) him the name <08034> of Abraham <085>;
8 And foundest <04672> (8804) his heart <03824> faithful <0539> (8737) before <06440> thee, and madest <03772> (8800) a covenant <01285> with him to give <05414> (8800) the land <0776> of the Canaanites <03669>, the Hittites <02850>, the Amorites <0567>, and the Perizzites <06522>, and the Jebusites <02983>, and the Girgashites <01622>, to give <05414> (8800) it, I say, to his seed <02233>, and hast performed <06965> (8686) thy words <01697>; for thou art righteous <06662>:
9 And didst see <07200> (8799) the affliction <06040> of our fathers <01> in Egypt <04714>, and heardest <08085> (8804) their cry <02201> by the Red <05488> sea <03220>;
10 And shewedst <05414> (8799) signs <0226> and wonders <04159> upon Pharaoh <06547>, and on all his servants <05650>, and on all the people <05971> of his land <0776>: for thou knewest <03045> (8804) that they dealt proudly <02102> (8689) against them. So didst thou get <06213> (8799) thee a name <08034>, as it is this day <03117>.
11 And thou didst divide <01234> (8804) the sea <03220> before <06440> them, so that they went through <05674> (8799) the midst <08432> of the sea <03220> on the dry land <03004>; and their persecutors <07291> (8802) thou threwest <07993> (8689) into the deeps <04688>, as a stone <068> into the mighty <05794> waters <04325>.
12 Moreover thou leddest <05148> (8689) them in the day <03119> by a cloudy <06051> pillar <05982>; and in the night <03915> by a pillar <05982> of fire <0784>, to give them light <0215> (8687) in the way <01870> wherein they should go <03212> (8799).
 - CLOUD - GLORY
13 Thou camest down <03381> (8804) also upon mount <02022> Sinai <05514>, and spakest <01696> (8763) with them from heaven <08064>, and gavest <05414> (8799) them right <03477> judgments <04941>, and true <0571> laws <08451> , good <02896> statutes <02706> and commandments <04687>:
14 And madest known <03045> (8689) unto them thy holy <06944> sabbath <07676>, and commandedst <06680> (8765) them precepts <04687>, statutes <02706>, and laws <08451>, by the hand <03027> of Moses <04872> thy servant <05650> :
15 And gavest <05414> (8804) them bread <03899> from heaven <08064> for their hunger <07458>, and broughtest forth <03318> (8689) water <04325> for them out of the rock <05553> for their thirst <06772>, and promisedst <0559> (8799) them that they should go in <0935> (8800) to possess <03423> (8800) the land <0776> which thou hadst sworn <03027> <05375> (8804) to give <05414> (8800) them.
16 But they and our fathers <01> dealt proudly <02102> (8689), and hardened <07185> (8686) their necks <06203> , and hearkened <08085> (8804) not to thy commandments <04687>,
17 And refused <03985> (8762) to obey <08085> (8800), neither were mindful <02142> (8804) of thy wonders <06381> (8737) that thou didst <06213> (8804) among them; but hardened <07185> (8686) their necks <06203>, and in their rebellion <04805> appointed <05414> (8799) a captain <07218> to return <07725> (8800) to their bondage <05659> : but thou art a God <0433> ready to pardon <05547>, gracious <02587> and merciful <07349>, slow <0750> to anger <0639> , and of great <07227> kindness <02617>, and forsookest <05800> (8804) them not.
18 Yea, when they had made <06213> (8804) them a molten <04541> calf <05695>, and said <0559> (8799) , This is thy God <0430> that brought thee up <05927> (8689) out of Egypt <04714>, and had wrought <06213> (8799) great <01419> provocations <05007>;
19 Yet thou in thy manifold <07227> mercies <07356> forsookest <05800> (8804) them not in the wilderness <04057> : the pillar <05982> of the cloud <06051> departed <05493> (8804) not from them by day <03119>, to lead <05148> (8687) them in the way <01870>; neither the pillar <05982> of fire <0784> by night <03915>, to shew them light <0215> (8687), and the way <01870> wherein they should go <03212> (8799).
 - CLOUD - GLORY
20 Thou gavest <05414> (8804) also thy good <02896> spirit <07307> to instruct <07919> (8687) them, and withheldest <04513> (8804) not thy manna <04478> from their mouth <06310>, and gavest <05414> (8804) them water <04325> for their thirst <06772>.
21 Yea, forty <0705> years <08141> didst thou sustain <03557> (8773) them in the wilderness <04057>, so that they lacked <02637> (8804) nothing; their clothes <08008> waxed not old <01086> (8804), and their feet <07272> swelled <01216> (8804) not.
22 Moreover thou gavest <05414> (8799) them kingdoms <04467> and nations <05971>, and didst divide <02505> (8799) them into corners <06285>: so they possessed <03423> (8799) the land <0776> of Sihon <05511>, and the land <0776> of the king <04428> of Heshbon <02809>, and the land <0776> of Og <05747> king <04428> of Bashan <01316>.
23 Their children <01121> also multipliedst <07235> (8689) thou as the stars <03556> of heaven <08064>, and broughtest <0935> (8686) them into the land <0776>, concerning which thou hadst promised <0559> (8804) to their fathers <01>, that they should go in <0935> (8800) to possess <03423> (8800) it.
24 So the children <01121> went in <0935> (8799) and possessed <03423> (8799) the land <0776>, and thou subduedst <03665> (8686) before <06440> them the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of the land <0776>, the Canaanites <03669> , and gavest <05414> (8799) them into their hands <03027>, with their kings <04428>, and the people <05971> of the land <0776> , that they might do <06213> (8800) with them as they would <07522>.
25 And they took <03920> (8799) strong <01219> (8803) cities <05892>, and a fat <08082> land <0127>, and possessed <03423> (8799) houses <01004> full <04392> of all goods <02898>, wells <0953> digged <02672> (8803), vineyards <03754>, and oliveyards <02132>, and fruit <03978> trees <06086> in abundance <07230>: so they did eat <0398> (8799), and were filled <07646> (8799), and became fat <08080> (8686), and delighted <05727> (8691) themselves in thy great <01419> goodness <02898>.
 - WAY OF HEALTH
26 Nevertheless they were disobedient <04784> (8686), and rebelled <04775> (8799) against thee, and cast <07993> (8686) thy law <08451> behind <0310> their backs <01458>, and slew <02026> (8804) thy prophets <05030> which testified <05749> (8689) against them to turn <07725> (8687) them to thee, and they wrought <06213> (8799) great <01419> provocations <05007>.
27 Therefore thou deliveredst <05414> (8799) them into the hand <03027> of their enemies <06862>, who vexed <06887> (8686) them: and in the time <06256> of their trouble <06869>, when they cried <06817> (8799) unto thee, thou heardest <08085> (8799) them from heaven <08064>; and according to thy manifold <07227> mercies <07356> thou gavest <05414> (8799) them saviours <03467> (8688), who saved <03467> (8686) them out of the hand <03027> of their enemies <06862>.
28 But after they had rest <05117> (8800), they did <06213> (8800) evil <07451> again <07725> (8799) before <06440> thee: therefore leftest <05800> (8799) thou them in the hand <03027> of their enemies <0341> (8802) , so that they had the dominion <07287> (8799) over them: yet when they returned <07725> (8799), and cried <02199> (8799) unto thee, thou heardest <08085> (8799) them from heaven <08064>; and many <07227> times <06256> didst thou deliver <05337> (8686) them according to thy mercies <07356>;
29 And testifiedst <05749> (8686) against them, that thou mightest bring them again <07725> (8687) unto thy law <08451> : yet they dealt proudly <02102> (8689), and hearkened <08085> (8804) not unto thy commandments <04687>, but sinned <02398> (8804) against thy judgments <04941>, (which if a man <0120> do <06213> (8799), he shall live <02421> (8804) in them;) and withdrew <05414> (8799) <05637> (8802) the shoulder <03802>, and hardened <07185> (8689) their neck <06203>, and would not hear <08085> (8804).
30 Yet many <07227> years <08141> didst thou forbear <04900> (8799) them, and testifiedst <05749> (8686) against them by thy spirit <07307> in <03027> thy prophets <05030>: yet would they not give ear <0238> (8689): therefore gavest <05414> (8799) thou them into the hand <03027> of the people <05971> of the lands <0776>.
31 Nevertheless for thy great <07227> mercies <07356>' sake thou didst <06213> (8804) not utterly consume <03617> them, nor forsake <05800> (8804) them; for thou art a gracious <02587> and merciful <07349> God <0410>.
32 Now therefore, our God <0430>, the great <01419>, the mighty <01368>, and the terrible <03372> (8737) God <0410>, who keepest <08104> (8802) covenant <01285> and mercy <02617>, let not all the trouble <08513> seem little <04591> (8799) before <06440> thee, that hath come <04672> (8804) upon us, on our kings <04428>, on our princes <08269>, and on our priests <03548>, and on our prophets <05030>, and on our fathers <01>, and on all thy people <05971>, since the time <03117> of the kings <04428> of Assyria <0804> unto this day <03117>.
33 Howbeit thou art just <06662> in all that is brought <0935> (8802) upon us; for thou hast done <06213> (8804) right <0571>, but we have done wickedly <07561> (8689):
34 Neither have our kings <04428>, our princes <08269>, our priests <03548>, nor our fathers <01>, kept <06213> (8804) thy law <08451>, nor hearkened <07181> (8689) unto thy commandments <04687> and thy testimonies <05715>, wherewith thou didst testify <05749> (8689) against them.
35 For they have not served <05647> (8804) thee in their kingdom <04438>, and in thy great <07227> goodness <02898> that thou gavest <05414> (8804) them, and in the large <07342> and fat <08082> land <0776> which thou gavest <05414> (8804) before <06440> them, neither turned <07725> (8804) they from their wicked <07451> works <04611>.
36 Behold, we are servants <05650> this day <03117>, and for the land <0776> that thou gavest <05414> (8804) unto our fathers <01> to eat <0398> (8800) the fruit <06529> thereof and the good <02898> thereof, behold, we are servants <05650> in it:
37 And it yieldeth much <07235> (8688) increase <08393> unto the kings <04428> whom thou hast set <05414> (8804) over us because of our sins <02403>: also they have dominion <04910> (8802) over our bodies <01472>, and over our cattle <0929> , at their pleasure <07522>, and we are in great <01419> distress <06869>.
38 And because of all this we make <03772> (8802) a sure <0548> covenant, and write <03789> (8802) it; and our princes <08269>, Levites <03881>, and priests <03548>, seal <02856> (8803) unto it.