7 Though our guilt testifies against us,Yahweh, act for Your name’s sake.Indeed, our rebellions are many;we have sinned against You.
8 Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of distress,why are You like a foreigner in the land,like a traveler stopping only for the night?
9 Why are You like a helpless man,like a warrior unable to save? Yet You are among us, Yahweh, and we are called by Your name.Don’t leave us!
10 This is what the Lord says concerning these people:Truly they love to wander; they never rest their feet.So the Lord does not accept them.Now He will remember their guiltand punish their sins.
11 Then the Lord said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of these people.
12 If they fast, I will not hear their cry of despair. If they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. Rather, I will finish them off by sword, famine, and plague.”
13 And I replied, “Oh no, Lord God! The prophets are telling them, ‘You won’t see sword or suffer famine. I will certainly give you true peace in this place.’ ”