7. Although our sins testify against us,do something, Lord, for the sake of your name.For we have often rebelled;we have sinned against you.
8. You who are the hope of Israel,its Saviour in times of distress,why are you like a stranger in the land,like a traveller who stays only a night?
9. Why are you like a man taken by surprise,like a warrior powerless to save?You are among us, Lord,and we bear your name;do not forsake us!
10. This is what the Lord says about this people:‘They greatly love to wander;they do not restrain their feet.So the Lord does not accept them;he will now remember their wickednessand punish them for their sins.’
11. Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not pray for the well-being of this people.
12. Although they fast, I will not listen to their cry; though they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will destroy them with the sword, famine and plague.’
13. But I said, ‘Alas, Sovereign Lord! The prophets keep telling them, “You will not see the sword or suffer famine. Indeed, I will give you lasting peace in this place.” ’
14. Then the Lord said to me, ‘The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, divinations, idolatries and the delusions of their own minds.