¹⁰ we have not obeyed the Lord our God or kept the laws he gave us through his servants the prophets.^(A)

⁶ We have not listened^(A) to your servants the prophets,^(B) who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors,^(C) and to all the people of the land.

¹³ “You came down on Mount Sinai;^(A) you spoke^(B) to them from heaven.^(C) You gave them regulations and laws that are just^(D) and right, and decrees and commands that are good.^{(E) 14} You made known to them your holy Sabbath^(F) and gave them commands, decrees and laws through your servant Moses. ¹⁵ In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven^(G) and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock;^(H) you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand^(I) to give them.^(J)

¹⁶ “But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked,^(K) and they did not obey your commands.^{(L) 17} They refused to listen and failed to remember^(M) the miracles^(N) you performed among them. They became stiff-necked^(O) and in their rebellion appointed a leader in order to return to their slavery.^(P) But you are a forgiving God,^(Q) gracious and compassionate,^(R) slow to anger^(S) and abounding in love.^(T) Therefore you did not desert them,^(U)

¹⁰ “But now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commands^{(A) 11} you gave through your servants the prophets when you said: ‘The land you are entering^(B) to possess is a land polluted^(C) by the corruption of its peoples. By their detestable practices^(D) they have filled it with their impurity from one end to the other.