9. “But, Lord our God, you show us mercy. You forgive us even though we have turned against you.
10. We have not obeyed the Lord our God. We have not obeyed the teachings he gave us through his servants, the prophets.
11. All the people of Israel have disobeyed your teachings. They all have turned away and refused to obey you. So you brought on us the curses and promises of punishment written in the Teachings of Moses, the servant of God. These things have happened to us because we sinned against you.
12. “God said these things would happen to us and our leaders. And he made them happen. You brought on us a great disaster. Nothing has ever been done here on earth like what was done to Jerusalem.
13. All this disaster came to us just as it is written in the Teachings of Moses. But we still have not stopped sinning. We still do not pay attention to your truth.