1So, all this went down, and the homies came to me, like, "Yo, the Israelites, the priests, and Levites are totally vibing with the locals, doing their sus stuff, like the Canaanites and others."

2They’re scooping up their daughters for their fams, so the holy squad is mixing with those peeps, and the rulers are leading the charge on this mess.

3When I heard this, I was shook, ripped my clothes, pulled out my hair, and just sat there, like, "What even?"

4Then everyone who was feeling the weight of God’s words gathered around me, 'cause of the drama from those taken away, and I just sat there, stunned, until the evening vibes.

5At the evening sacrifice, I got up from my feels; after ripping my clothes, I dropped to my knees and threw my hands up to the Lord, like, "Help me!"

6I said, "O my God, I’m so embarrassed I can’t even look up at you, 'cause our wrongs are stacked high, and our sins are up in the sky."

7Since our ancestors, we’ve been in a major mess till now; our sins got us and our kings delivered to the kings of the lands, facing the sword and all that chaos, like it’s today.

8But now, for a hot minute, God showed us mercy, leaving a remnant to escape and giving us a little hope in His holy spot, to lighten our eyes and give us a boost in this struggle.

9We were stuck, but our God didn’t dip on us; He showed us love in front of the kings of Persia, reviving us to rebuild our God’s house and fix the wreckage, giving us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.

10So now, O our God, what’s the move after this? We’ve totally ghosted your commandments.

11You told your prophets, like, "The land you’re going to is dirty, filled with all the nasty stuff from the locals."

12So like, don’t give your daughters to their sons, and don’t take their daughters for your sons, or chase after their peace or cash forever; that way, you can be strong, enjoy the land, and pass it down to your kids forever.

13After all the drama we’ve faced for our wrongs, and for our major mess-up, seeing that you, our God, have low-key punished us less than we deserved, and gave us this kind of escape;

14Should we go and break your commandments again, joining up with these peeps and their sus vibes? Wouldn’t you be mad at us until there’s no one left to escape?

15O Lord God of Israel, you’re straight-up righteous; we’re still here, like, "What’s good?" We’re in our mess before you, 'cause we can’t even stand in front of you right now.

1Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

2For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

3And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

4Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.

5And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,

6And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

7Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto 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 a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

8And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

9For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

10And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

11Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

12Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

13And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

14Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

15O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.