³⁹ Those^[a] who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away because of their iniquity; they will also waste away because of their ancestors’ iniquities along with theirs.

⁴⁰ “But when they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness that they practiced against me, and how they acted with hostility toward me,

² Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all foreigners,^(A) and they stood^(B) and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.^(C)