They refused to keep my decrees and follow my regulations, even though obedience would have given them life. And they also violated my Sabbath days. 

“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: Again and again you remind me of your sin and your guilt. You don’t even try to hide it! In everything you do, your sins are obvious for all to see. So now the time of your punishment has come!

“But now I clap my hands in indignation over your dishonest gain and bloodshed. How strong and courageous will you be in my day of reckoning? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do what I said. I will scatter you among the nations and purge you of your wickedness. And when I have been dishonored among the nations because of you, you will know that I am the Lord.”

Lord God my Father,

Give me the power to follow you direction and bring you Glory in my obedience. Remove my sinful past from my spirit and deliver me to this moment under your authority alone.

In Jesus name I pray,

Amen