8. and even our kings, our officials, and our ancestors.
9. Lord God, you are merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against you
10. and rejected your teachings that came to us from your servants the prophets.
11. Everyone in Israel has stubbornly refused to obey your laws, and so those curses written by your servant Moses have fallen upon us.
12. You warned us and our leaders that Jerusalem would suffer the worst disaster in human history, and you did exactly as you had threatened.
13. We have not escaped any of the terrible curses written by Moses, and yet we have refused to beg you for mercy and to remind ourselves of how faithful you have always been.
14. And when you finally punished us with this horrible disaster, that was also the right thing to do, because we deserved it so much.