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Lord, according to all your righteousness, please let your anger and your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain, because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all who are around us.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 16. Against. Hebrew “according to.”—Justice. Septuagint “mercy.” Let not the enemy boast that he has ruined thy temple, and so forth verse 17. Calmet.
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