Movement 1 is model for BWV 235/1; Movement 3 and 5 are models for BWV 233/4 and 5.
C. P. E. Bach rearranged the cantata and performed in in Hamburg (s. D B Mus. ms. Bach P 97, Faszikel 2).
Lyrics
author unknown; mvt. 1: Jeremiah 5:3; mvt. 4: Romans 2:4-5; mvt. 7: stanzas 6+7 from ‘So wahr ich lebe, spricht dein Gott’ (1630) by Johann Heermann (1585–1647); libretto printings: Meiningen 1719, Rudolstadt 1726, Birkmann 1728 (mvts. 4-6 only) Link to lyrics
Edition
NBA I/19, S. 229 (Robert L. Marshall, 1985) – Critical report (1989), S. 197;
BG 23, S.35 (W. Rust, 1876)