11 Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins. 12 After all this, O LORD, will You restrain Yourself? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?
Isaiah 64:11–12
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2 Esdras 10:20–22
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1 Maccabees 2:11–13
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Psalms 74:6–8
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Psalms 80:3–5
3 Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved. 4 O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people? 5 You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
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1 Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace! 2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
2 Baruch 3:3–4
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Isaiah 63:17–19
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Baruch 2:19–21
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