4
He made them subject to all the kingdoms around us, to be an object of scorn and a desolation among all the surrounding peoples, where the Lord has scattered them.
5
They were brought down and not raised up, because our nation sinned against the Lord our God, in not heeding his voice.
6
The Lord our God is in the right, but there is open shame on us and our ancestors this very day.
7
All those calamities with which the Lord threatened us have come upon us.
8
Yet we have not entreated the favor of the Lord by turning away, each of us, from the thoughts of our wicked hearts.
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