if they takethoughtin the landwherethey are takencaptive,and repentand makesupplicationto You in the landof their captivity,saying,'We have sinned,we have committediniquityand have actedwickedly';
"Whenthey sinagainst You (for thereis nomanwhodoes not sin)and You are angrywith them and deliverthem to an enemy,so that they takethem away captiveto a landfaroff ornear,
if they returnto You with alltheir heartand with alltheir soulin the landof their captivity,wherethey have been takencaptive,and praytowardtheir landwhichYou have givento their fathersand the citywhichYou have chosen,and toward the housewhichI have builtfor Your name,
and My peoplewhoare calledby My namehumblethemselves and prayand seekMy faceand turnfrom their wickedways,then I will hearfrom heaven,will forgivetheir sinand will healtheir land.
let Your earnowbe attentiveand Your eyesopento hearthe prayerof Your servantwhichI am prayingbeforeYou now,dayand night,on behalfof the sonsof IsraelYour servants,confessingthe sinsof the sonsof Israelwhichwe have sinnedagainst You; I and my father'shousehave sinned.
We have sinnedlikeour fathers,We have committediniquity,we have behavedwickedly.
"And now,O Lordour God,whohave broughtYour peopleout of the landof Egyptwith a mightyhandand have madea namefor Yourself, as it is thisday--we have sinned,we have beenwicked.
