(A)Both we and (B)our fathers have sinned;
    we have committed iniquity; we have done wickedness.

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We have sinned,(A) even as our ancestors(B) did;
    we have done wrong and acted wickedly.(C)

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and that they should not be (A)like their fathers,
    (B)a stubborn and rebellious generation,
a generation (C)whose heart was not steadfast,
    whose spirit was not faithful to God.

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They would not be like their ancestors(A)
    a stubborn(B) and rebellious(C) generation,
whose hearts were not loyal to God,
    whose spirits were not faithful to him.

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16 “But they and our fathers (A)acted presumptuously and stiffened their neck and did not obey your commandments.

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16 “But they, our ancestors, became arrogant and stiff-necked,(A) and they did not obey your commands.(B)

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47 yet (A)if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors, saying, (B)‘We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,’

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47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead(A) with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;(B)

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(A)we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly (B)and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. (C)We have not listened to (D)your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to (E)our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. To you, (F)O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, (G)those who are near and (H)those who are far away, in (I)all the lands to which you have driven them, because of (J)the treachery that they have committed against you. To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because (K)we have sinned against you.

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we have sinned(A) and done wrong.(B) We have been wicked and have rebelled; we have turned away(C) from your commands and laws.(D) We have not listened(E) to your servants the prophets,(F) who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes and our ancestors,(G) and to all the people of the land.

“Lord, you are righteous,(H) but this day we are covered with shame(I)—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered(J) us because of our unfaithfulness(K) to you.(L) We and our kings, our princes and our ancestors are covered with shame, Lord, because we have sinned against you.(M)

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32 “Now, therefore, our God, (A)the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and steadfast love, let not all the hardship seem little to you that has come upon us, upon our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and all your people, (B)since the time of the kings of Assyria until this day. 33 (C)Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully (D)and we have acted wickedly. 34 Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or paid attention to your commandments and your warnings that you gave them.

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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. 33 In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous;(E) you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.(F) 34 Our kings,(G) our leaders, our priests and our ancestors(H) did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep.

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saying:

“O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities (A)have risen higher than our heads, and our (B)guilt has (C)mounted up to the heavens. (D)From the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great (E)guilt. And for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, (F)and to utter shame, as it is today.

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and prayed:

“I am too ashamed(A) and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.(B) From the days of our ancestors(C) until now, our guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword(D) and captivity,(E) to pillage and humiliation(F) at the hand of foreign kings, as it is today.

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40 “But if (A)they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they (B)committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me,

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40 “‘But if they will confess(A) their sins(B) and the sins of their ancestors(C)—their unfaithfulness and their hostility toward me,

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51 (A)“You stiff-necked people, (B)uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. (C)As your fathers did, so do you. 52 (D)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of (E)the Righteous One, (F)whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

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51 “You stiff-necked people!(A) Your hearts(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(C) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(D)

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32 (A)Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.

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32 Go ahead, then, and complete(A) what your ancestors started!(B)

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25 (A)Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For (B)we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.”

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25 Let us lie down in our shame,(A)
    and let our disgrace cover us.
We have sinned(B) against the Lord our God,
    both we and our ancestors;(C)
from our youth(D) till this day
    we have not obeyed(E) the Lord our God.”

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(A)We have acted very corruptly against you and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the rules (B)that you commanded your servant Moses.

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We have acted very wickedly(A) toward you. We have not obeyed the commands, decrees and laws you gave your servant Moses.

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14 And behold, you have risen in your fathers' place, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel!

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14 “And here you are, a brood of sinners, standing in the place of your fathers and making the Lord even more angry with Israel.(A)

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