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19 Have you utterly rejected Judah?
    Has your soul loathed Zion?
Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us?
    We looked for peace, but no good came;
    and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
20 We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness,
    and the iniquity of our fathers;
    for we have sinned against you.
21 Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake.
    Do not disgrace the throne of your glory.
    Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.
22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain?
    Or can the sky give showers?
    Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God?
Therefore we will wait for you;
    for you have made all these things.

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The People Plead for Mercy

19 Have you completely rejected Judah?
    Does your heart loathe Zion?
Why have you struck us down
    so that there is no healing for us?
We look for peace but find no good,
    for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.(A)
20 We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord,
    the iniquity of our ancestors,
    for we have sinned against you.(B)
21 Do not spurn us, for your name’s sake;
    do not dishonor your glorious throne;
    remember and do not break your covenant with us.(C)
22 Can any idols of the nations bring rain,
    or can the heavens give showers?
Is it not you, O Lord our God?
    We set our hope on you,
    for it is you who do all this.(D)

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