20 I have put off the garment of peace, and put on the sackcloth of my petition. I will cry to the Everlasting as long as I live. (WEB)
Baruch 4:20
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Micah 1:7–9
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Jeremiah 4:7–9
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1 Esdras 8:72–74
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