<p class="poetry">For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and our sins testify against us;p> <p class="poetry">indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds;p> <p class="poetry">we know our sins all too well.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Our record of sins overwhelms me,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but you forgive<n id="2" /> our acts of rebellion.p>

<p class="poetry">As far as the eastern horizon<n id="1" /> is from the west,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions<n id="3" /> from us.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, &#8216;This is what you have said: &#8220;Our rebellious acts and our sins have caught up with us,<n id="1" /> and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?&#8221;&#8217;