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33 You are righteous in all that is happening to us,
    because you have acted faithfully
        while we have practiced evil.
34 Furthermore, neither our kings,
    nor our leaders, nor our priests
        nor our ancestors have practiced your Law
or paid attention to your commands and warnings
    by which you admonished them.
35 But they in their kingdom—
    in the midst of your great goodness that you gave them
and in the large and fertile land
    that you provided them—
did not serve you
    or turn away from their evil deeds.

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33 In all that has happened to us, you have remained righteous;(A) you have acted faithfully, while we acted wickedly.(B) 34 Our kings,(C) our leaders, our priests and our ancestors(D) did not follow your law; they did not pay attention to your commands or the statutes you warned them to keep. 35 Even while they were in their kingdom, enjoying your great goodness(E) to them in the spacious and fertile land you gave them, they did not serve you(F) or turn from their evil ways.

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