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19 “But in your great mercy you did not abandon them to die in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud still led them forward by day, and the pillar of fire showed them the way through the night.

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45 He remembered his covenant with them
    and relented because of his unfailing love.

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27 So you handed them over to their enemies, who made them suffer. But in their time of trouble they cried to you, and you heard them from heaven. In your great mercy, you sent them liberators who rescued them from their enemies.

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A Call to Repentance

“I am the Lord, and I do not change. That is why you descendants of Jacob are not already destroyed.

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12 You led our ancestors by a pillar of cloud during the day and a pillar of fire at night so that they could find their way.

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18 “O my God, lean down and listen to me. Open your eyes and see our despair. See how your city—the city that bears your name—lies in ruins. We make this plea, not because we deserve help, but because of your mercy.

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But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

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14 Now if you destroy them, the Egyptians will send a report to the inhabitants of this land, who have already heard that you live among your people. They know, Lord, that you have appeared to your people face to face and that your pillar of cloud hovers over them. They know that you go before them in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night.

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Lessons from Israel’s Idolatry

10 I don’t want you to forget, dear brothers and sisters,[a] about our ancestors in the wilderness long ago. All of them were guided by a cloud that moved ahead of them, and all of them walked through the sea on dry ground. In the cloud and in the sea, all of them were baptized as followers of Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:1 Greek brothers.

22 Nevertheless, I withdrew my judgment against them to protect the honor of my name before the nations that had seen my power in bringing them out of Egypt.

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14 But again I held back in order to protect the honor of my name before the nations who had seen my power in bringing Israel out of Egypt.

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22 The faithful love of the Lord never ends![a]
    His mercies never cease.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:22 As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads of the Lord keeps us from destruction.

Restoration for Jerusalem

21 “Pay attention, O Jacob,
    for you are my servant, O Israel.
I, the Lord, made you,
    and I will not forget you.

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