Prayer of Azariah 7-9

Common English Bible

⁷ We didn’t obey your commands;
    we didn’t keep them or do as you ordered us,
    although the orders were
    for our own good.
⁸ All that you’ve brought upon us,
    all that you’ve done to us,
    has been fair.
⁹ You handed us over to our enemies, immoral rebels who hate God’s laws,
    and to an unjust king, the most evil one in the whole world.