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^(C1)we have sinned, we have done wrong, and ^(F1)acted wickedly and ^(C2)rebelled, even ^(C3)turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances.

"Moreover, we have not ^(C1)listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our leaders, our fathers, and all the people of the land.

"^(C1)Righteousness belongs to You, Lord, but to us ^(F1)(C2)open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in ^(C3)all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.

"^(F1)Open shame belongs to us, LORD, to our kings, our leaders, and our fathers, because we have sinned against You.

"To the Lord our God belong ^(C1)compassion and forgiveness, ^(F1)because we have ^(C2)rebelled against Him;

and we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His ^(F1)teachings which He ^(C1)set before us through His servants the prophets.

"Indeed, ^(C1)all Israel has violated Your Law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the ^(C2)curse has gushed forth on us, along with the oath which is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.