3. “O Lord, the God of our ancestors, we praise and adore you; may your name be honoured for ever.
4. You have treated us as we deserve. In everything you have done to us you are always honest, and when you bring us to judgement, you are always fair.
5. You did what was right when you brought disaster upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our ancestors. We deserved that judgement because of our sins.
6. We disobeyed you, we turned our backs on you, and we are guilty of every sin.
7. We did not do the things that you commanded us to do. If we had obeyed your laws, we would have prospered,
8. but now we deserve the judgement and punishment that you have brought upon us.
9. You have handed us over to lawless, hateful, and defiant enemies — to the most wicked king in the world.
10. And now all of us who worship you are humiliated; we are too ashamed to open our mouths.
11. “Yet for the sake of your own honour, do not break your covenant with us and abandon us for ever.
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