Baruch 2:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
C. Prayer for Deliverance
11 [a]“And now, Lord, God of Israel, who led your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, with signs and wonders and great might, and with an upraised arm, so that you have made for yourself a name to the present day:(A) 12 we have sinned, we have committed sacrilege, we have violated all your statutes, Lord, our God.(B) 13 Withdraw your anger from us, for we are left few in number among the nations where you have scattered us.
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- 2:11–35 An earnest appeal for divine mercy, along with confession of sin; cf. Dn 9:15–19.
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