8. Open shame belongs to us, O Lord, to our kings, our princes and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.
9. To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;
10. nor have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in His teachings which He set before us through His servants the prophets.
11. Indeed all Israel has transgressed Your law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against Him.
12. Thus He has confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what was done to Jerusalem.
13. As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have not sought the favor of the Lord our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth.
14. Therefore the Lord has kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.