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13 “Pray also to the Lord, our God, for us, for we have sinned against the Lord, our God, and his anger and wrath that we have incurred have not yet been withdrawn from us even to the present day. 14 Finally, we exhort you to read publicly this book we are sending you in the house of the Lord on the festival days and the days of assembly, 15 and to proclaim:

Prayer for the Exiles in Babylon[a]

Confession of Guilt. “Justice is the hallmark of the Lord, our God, and we, the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem, are filled with shame this day, Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Baruch 1:15 This psalm of collective supplication, which may reprise the prayer of Daniel (Dan 9:4-19), seems to have been part of a penitential liturgy of the time. It testifies to a keen sense of sin.