“You have executed
True judgments
In all
That you have brought
Upon us,
Upon Jerusalem,
The holy city
Of our ancestors.
By a true judgment,
You have brought
All this upon us
Because of our sins.
We have sinned.
We have broken
Your law,
In turning away
From you.
In all matters,
We have sinned grievously.
We have not obeyed
Your commandments.
We have not kept them.
We have not done
What you have commanded us
For our own good.”
Azariah continued with his prayer to God. God has executed his true judgments upon the Judeans and their ancestral holy city of Jerusalem, because of their sins. They were sinners. They broke his laws. They turned away from God. They have sinned grievously, by not obeying his commandments. They did not do what God had commanded them to do for their own good.