25“I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake

and will never think of them again.

26Let us review the situation together,

and you can present your case to prove your innocence.

27From the very beginning, your first ancestor sinned against me;

all your leaders broke my laws.

28That is why I have disgraced your priests;

I have decreed complete destruction^c for Jacob

and shame for Israel.