“O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.”
"Righteousness belongs to you, O Lord, but to us open shame; shame covers our faces—kings, princes, fathers, and all Israel, both those near and far, because of the treacheries we committed against you"—confessing God's justice in judgment and acknowledging Israel's deserved shame from exile. The enumeration of shamed groups emphasizes the totality of judgment spanning all ranks and locations. The attribution of righteousness to God establishes the ethical basis for accepting judgment as just.
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