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.