Jeremiah 14:20 KJV — MannaFest

Jeremiah 14:20

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.

YLT

We have known, O Jehovah, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against Thee.

DBT

Jehovah, we acknowledge our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

About this book

Old Testament

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Jeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.

Author: Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
Date: Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile

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Cross-references

22 verses on the floor

Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Jeremiah 14:7
O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
Psalms 32:5
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Jeremiah 3:25
We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God.
Luke 15:18–21
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

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5 Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. 6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass. 7 O L ORD , though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): " We acknowledge our wickedness, the abounding wickedness of our land and the iniquity of our fathers, which we have imitated, and therefore justly smart for. We know, we acknowledge, that we have sinned against thee, and therefore thou art just in all that is brought upon us; but, because we confess our sins, we hope to find thee faithful and just in forgiving our sins." 3.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Thus - Here begins the answer to the prophet's complaint and prayer in the nine first verses. The substance is, that for their manifold sins, he was resolved to punish them. They loved - They have been fond of their idols, and they have persisted in those sinful courses, notwithstanding all counsels.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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