listen to their prayers. If any of your people Israel, out of heartfelt sorrow, stretch out their hands in prayer toward this Temple,

(SEE 40:3)

So I am ashamed of all I have said and repent in dust and ashes.

All of us have been sinful; even our best actions are filthy through and through. Because of our sins we are like leaves that wither and are blown away by the wind.

And when he comes, he will prove to the people of the world that they are wrong about sin and about what is right and about God's judgment.

They are wrong about sin, because they do not believe in me;

We know that the Law is spiritual; but I am a mortal, sold as a slave to sin.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no truth in us.

If we say that we have not sinned, we make a liar out of God, and his word is not in us.