⁶ We have sinned,^(A) even as our ancestors^(B) did;
    we have done wrong and acted wickedly.^(C)

“‘Return,^(B) faithless^(C) Israel,’ declares the Lord,
    ‘I will frown on you no longer,
for I am faithful,’^(D) declares the Lord,
    ‘I will not be angry^(E) forever.
¹³ Only acknowledge^(F) your guilt—
    you have rebelled against the Lord your God,
you have scattered your favors to foreign gods^(G)
    under every spreading tree,^(H)
    and have not obeyed^(I) me,’”
declares the Lord.

²⁰ We acknowledge^(A) our wickedness, Lord,
    and the guilt of our ancestors;^(B)
    we have indeed sinned^(C) against you.

¹⁵ Then I will return to my lair^(A)
    until they have borne their guilt^(B)
    and seek my face^(C)—
in their misery^(D)
    they will earnestly seek me.^(E)”