7 Lord, righteousness belongs to you,x but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel—those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where you have banished them because of the disloyalty they have shown toward you. 8 Lord, public shamey belongs to us, our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, because we have sinned against you.z 9 Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against him 10 and have not obeyed the Lord our God by following his instructions that he set before us through his servantsaa the prophets.

11 All Israel has broken your law and turned away,ab refusing to obey you. The promised curseE written in the law of Moses,ac the servant of God, has been poured out on us because we have sinned against him. 12 He has carried out his wordsad that he spoke against us and against our rulersF,ae by bringing on us a disaster that is so great that nothing like what has been done to Jerusalem has ever been doneaf under all of heaven. 13 Just as it is written in the law of Moses,ag all this disaster has come on us, yet we have not sought the favor ofa the Lord our God by turning from our iniquities and paying attention to your truth.b 14 So the Lord kept the disaster in mind and brought it on us, for the Lord our God is righteous in all he has done. But we have not obeyed him.