Prayer of Azariah 1:5

5 You did what was right when you brought disaster upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our ancestors. We deserved that judgment because of our sins.

Prayer of Azariah 1:5 In-Context

3 "O Lord, the God of our ancestors, we praise and adore you; may your name be honored forever.

4 You have treated us as we deserve. In everything you have done to us you are always honest, and when you bring us to judgment, you are always fair.

5 You did what was right when you brought disaster upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our ancestors. We deserved that judgment 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,