Jeremiah 14:20

We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, And the iniquity of our fathers; For we have sinned against thee.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

In Context

19Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? Doth thy soul abhor Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, so that there is no healing for us! We look for peace, and there is no good, For a time of healing, and behold, terror!

21Do not spurn us, for thy name's sake! Do not dishonor thy glorious throne! Call to mind, break not, thy covenant with us!

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Cross References

Job 33:27He shall sing among men, and say, “I sinned; I acted perversely; Yet hath he not requited me for it:

Psalms 51:3For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me.

Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge thine iniquity, That thou hast rebelled against Jehovah thy God, And hast roved about to strangers Under every green tree, And hast not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 14:7Though our iniquities testify against us, Yet do thou, O Jehovah, act from a regard to thine own name. For our transgressions have been many; We have sinned against thee.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 14:18-22

The Prophet's Intercession. ( b. c. 606.) 17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. 18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not. 19 Hast thou utterly rejected Judah?… Read the whole commentary →

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