Isaiah 63:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷ Why did you make us turn away
    from you, our Lord?
Why did you make us want
    to disobey you?
Please change your mind!
We are your servants,
    your very own people.
¹⁸ For a little while,
    your temple belonged to us;^[a]
and now our enemies
    have torn it down.
¹⁹ We act as though you
had never ruled us
    or called us your people.