Baruch 2:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ Instead of being raised up, we have been brought low, because in ignoring his precepts, we have sinned against the Lord, our God.

⁶ “Justice is the hallmark of the Lord, our God, but we, like our fathers, are the object of shame even today. ⁷ All of the evils that the Lord threatened to inflict upon us we have experienced,