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.
12 Do not withhold your mercy from us. Keep your promises to Abraham, whom you loved, to Isaac, your servant, and to Jacob, the father of your holy people Israel.