3 that we should each eat the flesh of our own son, and each eat the flesh of our own daughter. (WEB) 4 Moreover he has given them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are around us, to be a reproach and a desolation among all the people around us, where the Lord has scattered them. (WEB) 5 Thus they were cast down and not exalted, because we sinned against the Lord our God in not listening to his voice. (WEB)
Baruch 2:3–5
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Tobit 3:3–5
3 Remember me, and look at me. Don’t take vengeance on me for my sins and my ignorances, and the sins of my fathers who sinned before you. (WEB) 4 For they disobeyed your commandments. You gave us as plunder, for captivity, for death, and for a proverb of reproach to al… (WEB)
Greek Esther 4:33–35
33 I have heard from my birth in the tribe of my kindred that you, Lord, took Israel out of all the nations, and our fathers out of all their kindred for a perpetual inheritance, and have done for them all that you have said. (WEB) 34 And now we have sinned before you, an… (WEB)
Judith 8:21–23
21 For if we are captured, all Judea will be captured and our sanctuary will be plundered; and he will require our blood for profaning it. (WEB) 22 The slaughter of our kindred, the captivity of the land, and the desolation of our inheritance, he will bring on our heads a… (WEB)
Baruch 3:7–9
7 For this cause, you have put your fear in our hearts, to the intent that we should call upon your name. We will praise you in our captivity, for we have called to mind all the iniquity of our fathers who sinned before you. (WEB) 8 Behold, we are yet this day in our ca… (WEB)
Psalms 106:40–42
40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance. 41 He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies oppressed them, and subdued them under their hand.
1 Esdras 8:76–78
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Greek Esther 14:5–7
5 From my youth up I have heard in the tribe of my family that thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our fathers from all their predecessors, for a perpetual inheritance, and thou hast performed whatsoever thou didst promise them. (KJV) 6 And now we ha… (KJV)
Jeremiah 32:22–24
22 You gave them this land that You had sworn to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. 23 They came in and possessed it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law. They failed to perform all that You commanded them to do, and so You have…
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