15 Pray the following prayer when you confess your sins to the Lord:The Lord our God always does right, but we are deeply ashamed of what we have done. We are the people of Judah and Jerusalem, but all of us,
16 including our kings and rulers, our priests and prophets, are guilty. Even our ancestors did what was wrong!
17 We have all sinned against the Lord our God.
18 We have disobeyed him and have refused to follow the laws he has given.
19 In fact, ever since the Lord brought our ancestors out of Egypt, we have been unfaithful and have ignored him.
20 The Lord rescued our ancestors from Egypt, so that he could give them a land that is rich with milk and honey. He also warned his servant Moses that terrible things would happen, if our ancestors refused to obey the Lord. And so, because they disobeyed him, we are suffering from those curses.
21 Even when the Lord's prophets came and told us how the Lord our God wanted us to live, we refused to listen.