⁴³ Then said I of her who was old in adulteries, Now will they play the prostitute with her, and she [with them].

⁷ Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

⁶ We have sinned with our fathers. We have committed iniquity. We have done wickedly.

²³ Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, who are accustomed to do evil.

³ and they played the prostitute in Egypt; they played the prostitute in their youth; there were their breasts pressed, and there was handled the bosom of their virginity.

¹⁶ Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are become a reproach to all who are round about us.