9. But you have rejected us and shamed us.You don’t march with our armies anymore.
10. You let our enemies push us back.Our enemies have taken our wealth.
11. You gave us away like sheep to be eaten.You scattered us among the nations.
12. You sold your people for nothing.You made no profit on the sale.
13. You made us a joke to our neighbors.The community laughs and makes fun of us.
14. You made us a joke to the other nations.People shake their heads.
15. I am always in disgrace.I am covered with shame.
16. My enemy is getting evenwith insults and curses.
17. All these things have happened to us,but we have not forgotten you.We have kept our agreement with you.
18. Our hearts haven’t turned away from you.We haven’t stopped following you.
19. But you crushed us in this place where wild dogs live.You covered us with deep darkness.
20. We did not forget our God.We did not lift our hands in prayer to foreign gods.
21. God would have known if we had.He knows what is in our hearts.
22. But for you we are in danger of death all the time.People think we are worth no more than sheep to be killed.
23. Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping?Get up! Don’t reject us forever.