2:4 Moreover he hath delivered them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be as a reproach and desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord hath scattered them.
2:5 Thus we were cast down, and not exalted, because we have sinned against the Lord our God, and have not been obedient unto his voice.
2:6 To the Lord our God appertaineth righteousness: but unto us and to our fathers open shame, as appeareth this day.
2:7 For all these plagues are come upon us, which the Lord hath pronounced against us
2:8 Yet have we not prayed before the Lord, that we might turn every one from the imaginations of his wicked heart.
2:9 Wherefore the Lord watched over us for evil, and the Lord hath brought it upon us: for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he hath commanded us.
2:10 Yet we have not hearkened unto his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord, that he hath set before us.
2:11 And now, O Lord God of Israel, that hast brought thy people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and high arm, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and hast gotten thyself a name, as appeareth this day:
2:12 O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all thine ordinances.
2:13 Let thy wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where thou hast scattered us.