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3 When I had heard this, I tore my cloak and my mantle, plucked hair from my head and beard, and sat there devastated. 4 Around me gathered all who were in dread of the sentence of the God of Israel on the apostasy of the exiles, while I remained devastated until the evening sacrifice. Ezra 9:3-4, New American Bible Revised. Copyright © 2010 USCCB.
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