“O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.
9:7 From the days of our fathers until this very day our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities we, along with our kings and
44:15 All day long I feel humiliated
and am overwhelmed with shame,
45:16 They will all be ashamed and embarrassed;
those who fashion idols will all be humiliated.
2:26 Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught,
so the people of Israel
So will their kings and officials,
their priests and their prophets.
2:27 They say to a wooden idol,
They say to a stone image, ‘You gave birth to me.’
Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me.
Yet when they are in trouble, they say, ‘Come and save us!’
3:25 Let us acknowledge
Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve.
For we have sinned against the Lord our God,
both we and our ancestors.
From earliest times to this very day
we have not obeyed the Lord our God.’
6:21 So what benefit