1On the 24th day of the month, the squad of Israel was vibing together, fasting, rocking sackcloth, and throwing dirt on themselves.

2The fam of Israel separated from all the sus peeps, stood up, and confessed their sins and their fam’s mess-ups.

3They stood in their spot, read the law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day, then spent another quarter confessing and worshipping.

4The Levites, Jeshua and crew, popped off on the stairs and cried out loud to the Lord their God.

5Then the Levites, Jeshua and the gang said, "Stand up and bless the Lord your God forever, fam! His name is goated and above all praise."

6You, Lord, are the one and only; you made heaven and the whole universe, the earth and everything in it, the seas, and you keep it all lit; even the heavenly hosts worship you.

7You’re the Lord, the God who chose Abram, pulled him out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name Abraham;

8You saw his heart was faithful and made a covenant to give the land of the Canaanites and all those other peeps to his descendants, and you kept it real; you’re righteous, no cap.

9You saw our ancestors’ struggles in Egypt and heard their cries by the Red Sea;

10You showed signs and wonders to Pharaoh and all his crew, 'cause you knew they were acting all proud. That’s how you got your name, still popping off today.

11You split the sea for them, so they walked through on dry land, and their haters got dunked in the deep like a rock in the waves.

12You led them during the day with a cloud vibe, and at night with a fire pillar to light up their path, no cap.

13You showed up on Mount Sinai, spoke to them from heaven, and dropped some righteous rules and good commandments, straight up.

14You made your holy sabbath known to them and hit them with precepts and laws through Moses, your ride-or-die.

15You blessed them with bread from heaven when they were hungry and brought water from the rock when they were thirsty, promising them the land you swore to give them, periodt.

16But they and our ancestors got all prideful and stiff-necked, ignoring your commandments, fr.

17They straight-up refused to listen, forgot about your wonders, and in their rebellion, chose a captain to go back to slavery; but you’re a God who forgives, full of grace and mercy, slow to anger, and you didn’t ditch them.

18For real, when they made a golden calf and said, "This is your God who brought you outta Egypt," they really provoked you.

19Yet in your endless mercy, you didn’t ghost them in the wilderness; the cloud stayed with them by day and the fire by night to guide them, no cap.

20You gave them your good spirit to teach them, didn’t hold back the manna, and hooked them up with water for their thirst.

21For real, you had their backs for forty years in the wild, they were vibing with no needs, their fits didn’t fade, and their feet stayed chill.

22Plus, you hooked them up with kingdoms and nations, splitting it all up so they could flex in Sihon’s land, Heshbon’s turf, and Og’s kingdom in Bashan.

23Their kids were popping off like stars in the sky, and you brought them into the land you promised their fams, so they could claim it.

24So the kids rolled in and took over the land, you put the Canaanites on blast, handing them over with their kings, so they could do their thing.

25They snatched up dope cities and a lit land, full of all the goods, wells, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees galore: they feasted, got full, and enjoyed your epic goodness.

26But no cap, they were disobedient, flipping on you, tossing your law behind them, and took out your prophets who were trying to steer them right, causing major drama.

27So you let their enemies flex on them, and when they were struggling and cried out, you heard them from heaven; you showed up with saviors, saving them from their foes.

28But after they chilled for a bit, they went back to being sus: so you left them with their enemies, who were running the show; yet when they came back and cried out, you heard them from heaven, and many times you saved them out of love.

29You called them out to bring them back to your law, but they were all prideful, ignoring your commands, sinning against your rules (which if a dude follows, he’s good); they shrugged you off, stiffed their necks, and wouldn’t listen.

30Yet for years you put up with them, calling them out through your spirit in the prophets: but they just wouldn’t listen; so you gave them over to the people of the lands.

31But for your epic mercy, you didn’t totally ghost us or leave us hanging; you’re just a chill and kind God.

32So like, our God, the great and mighty one, who keeps it real with promises and mercy, don’t let all this drama seem small to you, 'cause it’s been rough for us, our kings, princes, priests, prophets, and fam since the Assyrian takeover.

33For real, you’re just in all this chaos hitting us; you did right, but we were out here being sus.

34Our kings, princes, priests, and ancestors didn’t stick to your rules or listen to your commands and warnings, where you showed us what’s up.

35They didn’t vibe with you in their kingdom, even with all the good stuff you blessed them with and that dope land you gave them; they just kept doing their shady stuff.

36Look, we’re just your servants today, and for the land you gave our fam to enjoy, we’re still just grinding in it.

37It’s bringing in mad gains for the kings you put over us 'cause of our mess-ups: they’ve got control over our lives and our livestock, and we’re in serious struggle mode.

38So because of all this, we’re making a solid promise, writing it down; our princes, Levites, and priests are sealing the deal.

1Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

2And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

3And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God.

4Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their God.

5Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

6Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

7Thou art the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

8And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

9And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

10And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

11And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

12Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

13Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

14And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

15And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

16But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

18Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

19Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

20Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

21Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

22Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

23Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

24So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

25And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

26Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

27Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

28But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

29And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

30Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

31Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

32Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

33Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

34Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

35For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

36Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:

37And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

38And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.