9:7a From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great.
From the days of our (excl.) forefathers until now, our guilt has been high/deep/much.
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Since the time when our ancestors lived until now, we deserve punishment because of what we have done.
9:7b Because of our iniquities,
Because we (excl.) sinned,
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Because we have done wicked/wrong deeds ⌊against you⌋,
9:7c we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation,
together with our (excl.) kings and priests, we have suffered death by the sword, have been captured, our lands and goods/possessions have been taken, and we have been humiliated/shamed. All of this was done to us by kings of other lands/countries.
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⌊you have allowed⌋ foreign kings to defeat us, including our kings and sacrificers. They killed ⌊some of⌋ us in battle. They caught ⌊others of⌋ us ⌊and took them away to another country⌋. They robbed/took our land and our property. We were shamed.
9:7d as we are this day.
That is our (excl.) state/situation still today.
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Even now ⌊we still have this shame⌋.
9:7a-d (reordered)
Starting in the days of our (excl.) ancestors and continuing until the present time, we people of Israel have sinned badly and our guilt is high/deep. This is the reason you have handed/given our nation, including our kings and priests, over to foreign kings. They defeated us in battle. Many people died and others were taken away ⌊to Babylon⌋ as prisoners. These kings took our lands, our flocks and our things as their own. We suffer shame.
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