“Indeed we do come to You,

      For You are the LORD our God.

       Truly, in vain is
      salvation hoped for

   from the hills,

      And from the multitude of mountains;

      Truly, in the LORD our God

      Is the salvation of Israel.

       For shame has devoured

      The labor of our fathers from our youth—

      Their flocks and their herds,

      Their sons and their daughters.

       We lie down in our shame,

      And our reproach covers us.

      For we have sinned against the LORD our God,

      We and our fathers,

      From our youth even to this day,

      And have not obeyed the voice
of the LORD our God.”
JEREMIAH 3