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Jeremiah 14:20

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יָדַ֧עְנוּya.Da'.nuwe knowH3045 →
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
רִשְׁעֵ֖נוּrish.'E.nuwickedness ourH7562 →
עֲוֹ֣ן'a.Von[the] iniquity ofH5771 →
אֲבוֹתֵ֑ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuancestors ourH1 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
חָטָ֖אנוּcha.Ta.nuwe have sinnedH2398 →
לָֽךְ׃Lakhto <the> you

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Lamentations 5:7Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. SelahJeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”Luke 15:18–21I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.1 John 1:7–9But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.Daniel 9:5–8we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.Leviticus 26:40–42But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—Psalms 106:6–48We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.Psalms 51:3–4For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.Daniel 9:8O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You.Jeremiah 18:20Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.Ezra 9:6–7and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.2 Samuel 24:10After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”Nehemiah 9:2Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.2 Samuel 12:13Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.Jeremiah 8:14Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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