5
You have executed true judgments in all you have brought upon us and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our ancestors; by a true judgment you have brought all this upon us because of our sins.
6
For we have sinned and broken your law in turning away from you; in all matters we have sinned grievously.
7
We have not obeyed your commandments, we have not kept them or done what you have commanded us for our own good.
8
So all that you have brought upon us, and all that you have done to us, you have done by a true judgment.
9
You have handed us over to our enemies, lawless and hateful rebels, and to an unjust king, the most wicked in all the world.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.