Sins of the community
15 You will say: Justice is on the side of the Lord God, but public shame is upon us today, upon everyone in Judah, upon those living in Jerusalem,
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and upon our rulers, leading officials, priests, prophets, and ancestors,
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upon all of us who have sinned against the Lord.
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We have disobeyed the Lord. We have not listened to the Lord God's voice so as to keep the commandments that he gave to us.
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From the day when the Lord brought our ancestors from the land of Egypt until today, we have been disobedient to the Lord our God and have acted carelessly by not listening to his voice.
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Therefore, to this day horrible things have come upon us, even the curse that the Lord ordered through Moses his servant in the day when he brought our ancestors out of Egypt to give us a prosperous land full of milk and honey.
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But we didn't listen to the Lord God's voice through the prophets whom he sent to us.
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All of us went off in the direction of our own evil hearts, serving other gods and doing horrible things in the presence of our Lord God.