And now, our God, the great God,God majestic and terrible, loyal in covenant and love,Don’t treat lightly the trouble that has come to us,to our kings and princes, our priests and prophets,Our ancestors, and all your people from the timeof the Assyrian kings right down to today.You are not to blamefor all that has come down on us;You did everything right,we did everything wrong.None of our kings, princes, priests, or ancestorsfollowed your Revelation;They ignored your commands,dismissed the warnings you gave them.Even when they had their own kingdomand were enjoying your generous goodness,Living in that spacious and fertile landthat you spread out before them,They didn’t serve youor turn their backs on the practice of evil.And here we are, slaves again today;and here’s the land you gave our ancestorsSo they could eat well and enjoy a good life,and now look at us—no better than slaves on this land.Its wonderful crops go to the kingsyou put over us because of our sins;They act like they own our bodiesand do whatever they like with our cattle.We’re in deep trouble.