2. And so the Lord has brought upon us great evils, such as never before happened under heaven, (but which have come to pass in Jerusalem according to what was written in the law of Moses)
3. even that a man would eat the flesh of his son and the flesh of his daughter.
4. And so he placed them under the hand of all the kings who surround us, in disgrace and desolation among all the people where the Lord has scattered us.
5. And we were brought down low and were not raised up, because we sinned against the Lord our God, by not obeying his voice.
6. To the Lord our God is justice, but to us and to our fathers is confusion of face, just as on this day.
7. For the Lord has pronounced against us all these evils, which have overcome us.
8. And we have not beseeched the face of the Lord our God, so that we might return, each one of us from our most sinful ways.
9. And the Lord has watched over us for evil and has brought it upon us, because the Lord is just in all his works that he has commanded us,
10. and we have not listened to his own voice, so as to walk according to the teachings of the Lord, which he has set before our face.
11. And now, O Lord God of Israel, who has led your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with your great power, and with an exalted arm, and has made a name for yourself, just as on this day,
12. we have sinned, we become impious, we have acted unjustly, O Lord our God, against all your principles.
13. May your wrath be turned away from us because, having been forsaken, we are few among the irreligious where you have scattered us.
14. Heed, O Lord, our petitions and our prayers, and deliver us for your own sake, and grant that we may find favor before the face of those who have led us away,
15. so that all the earth may know that you are the Lord our God, and because your name has been invoked over Israel and over his posterity.
16. Gaze upon us, O Lord, from your holy home, and incline your ear, and heed us.
17. Open your eyes and see, because the dead, who are in the underworld, whose spirit has been taken away from their vital organs, will not give honor and justification to the Lord.