7 Everything you do is right, our Lord. But still we suffer public disgrace because we have been unfaithful and have sinned against you. This includes all of us, both far and near—the people of Judah, Jerusalem, and Israel, as well as those you dragged away to foreign lands,
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.