we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards.

O LORD, we have been humiliated – our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you.

“Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with great power and made a name for yourself that is remembered to this day – we have sinned and behaved wickedly.

“All Israel has broken your law and turned away by not obeying you. Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you.