5. “Go and remind my people and their children of the sins they have committed against me, and let them tell their grandchildren.
6. My people have sinned even more than their ancestors, for they have forgotten me and offered sacrifices to foreign gods.
7. I rescued them from Egypt, where they were slaves, but they have done things that made me angry and have refused to listen to my warnings.
8. “Ezra, tear your hair in grief and call down on these people all the disasters they deserve. They are rebellious and refuse to obey my Law.
9. How much longer can I tolerate these people for whom I have done so much?
10. For their sake I overthrew many kings and crushed the king of Egypt together with his officials and all his army.
11. I destroyed all the nations that opposed them, and in the east I scattered the people of the provinces of Tyre and Sidon and killed all the enemies of Israel.