So when I heard this thing, (A)I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down (B)astonished. Then everyone who (C)trembled at the words of the God of Israel assembled to me, because of the transgression of those who had been carried away captive, and I sat astonished until the (D)evening sacrifice.

At the evening sacrifice I arose from my fasting; and having torn my garment and my robe, I fell on my knees and (E)spread out my hands to the Lord my God. And I said: “O my God, I am too (F)ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God; for (G)our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has (H)grown up to the heavens.

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