Lamentations 3:40-47

40Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the Lord.

41Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say,

42“We have sinned and rebelled, and you have not forgiven us.

43“You have engulfed us with your anger, chased us down, and slaughtered us without mercy.

44You have hidden yourself in a cloud so our prayers cannot reach you.

45You have discarded us as refuse and garbage among the nations.

46“All our enemies have spoken out against us.

47We are filled with fear, for we are trapped, devastated, and ruined.”