³² “Now therefore, our God, the great God, mighty^(A) and awesome,^(B) who keeps his covenant of love,^(C) do not let all this hardship seem trifling in your eyes—the hardship^(D) that has come on us, on our kings and leaders, on our priests and prophets, on our ancestors and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.

¹⁸ You show love^(A) to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps^(B) of their children^(C) after them. Great and mighty God,^(D) whose name is the Lord Almighty,^(E)