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Jeremiah 14:20

We know and acknowledge, O LORD, Our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Famine;   Intercession;   Prayer;   Repentance;   Sin;   Thompson Chain Reference - Prayer;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Confession of Sin;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Advocate;   Jeremiah;   Prophecy, Prophets;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   Mediation;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 17;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord,the iniquity of our fathers;indeed, we have sinned against you.
Hebrew Names Version
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
King James Version
We acknowledge, O Lord , our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
English Standard Version
We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord , and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against you.
New American Standard Bible
We know our wickedness, LORD, The wrongdoing of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.
New Century Version
Lord , we admit that we are wicked and that our ancestors did evil things. We have sinned against you.
World English Bible
We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickednesse and the iniquitie of our fathers: for we haue sinned against thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
We know our wickedness, O Yahweh,The iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.
Berean Standard Bible
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
Contemporary English Version
We and our ancestors are guilty of rebelling against you.
Complete Jewish Bible
We confess our rebellion, Adonai , also the crimes of our ancestors; yes, we have sinned against you.
Darby Translation
Jehovah, we acknowledge our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , we know that we are wicked. We know that our ancestors did evil things. Yes, we sinned against you.
George Lamsa Translation
We acknowledge, O LORD, our sins and the sins of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
Good News Translation
We have sinned against you, Lord ; we confess our own sins and the sins of our ancestors.
Lexham English Bible
We know, O Yahweh, our wickedness, the iniquity of our ancestors, for we have sinned against you.
Literal Translation
We acknowledge our wickedness, O Jehovah, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
We knowlege (o LORDE) all oure my?dedes, and the synnes of oure fathers, that we haue offended ye.
American Standard Version
We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
Bible in Basic English
We are conscious, O Lord, of our sin and of the wrongdoing of our fathers: we have done evil against you.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, even the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against Thee.
King James Version (1611)
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickednes, and the iniquitie of our fathers: for wee haue sinned against thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
We knowledge (O Lorde) all our misdeedes, and the sinnes of our fathers: for we haue offended thee.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
We know, O Lord, our sins, and the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before thee.
English Revised Version
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lord, we han know oure vnfeithfulnessis, and the wickidnessis of oure fadris, for we han synned to thee.
Update Bible Version
We acknowledge, O Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
Webster's Bible Translation
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
New English Translation
Lord , we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you.
New King James Version
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness And the iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against You.
New Living Translation
Lord , we confess our wickedness and that of our ancestors, too. We all have sinned against you.
New Life Bible
We know that we are sinful, O Lord, and we know the sin of our fathers. For we have sinned against You.
New Revised Standard
We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord , the iniquity of our ancestors, for we have sinned against you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
We acknowledge O Yahweh Our own lawlessness The iniquity of our fathers, - For we have sinned against thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, the iniquities of our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
Revised Standard Version
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against thee.
Young's Literal Translation
We have known, O Jehovah, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against Thee.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
We know our wickedness, O LORD, The iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.

Contextual Overview

17"Therefore [Jeremiah] you will say this word to them, 'Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, And let them never cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a great blow, With a very serious and severely infected wound. 18'If I go out into the field, Then I gaze on those slaughtered with the sword! And if I enter the city, Then I gaze on [those tormented with] the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest [who should have guided the people] Go about [bewildered and exiled] in a land (Babylon) that they do not know or understand.'" 19Have You [O LORD] completely rejected Judah? Do You loathe Zion? Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace and completeness, but nothing good came; And [we hoped] for a time of healing, but behold, terror! 20We know and acknowledge, O LORD, Our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.21Do not treat us with contempt and condemn us, for Your own name's sake; Do not disgrace Your glorious throne; Remember [with consideration] and do not break Your [solemn] covenant with us. 22Are there any among the idols of the nations who can send rain? Or can the heavens [of their own will] give showers? Is it not You, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait and hope [confidently] in You, For You are the one who has made all these things [the heavens and the rain].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

We acknowledge: Jeremiah 3:13, Jeremiah 3:25, Leviticus 26:40-42, Ezra 9:6, Ezra 9:7, Nehemiah 9:2, Psalms 32:5, Psalms 51:3, Psalms 106:6-48, Daniel 9:5-8, 1 John 1:7-9

for: 2 Samuel 12:13, 2 Samuel 24:10, Job 33:27, Psalms 51:4, Luke 15:18-21

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 14:7 - do Jeremiah 18:20 - Remember Lamentations 2:20 - consider Daniel 9:8 - because Daniel 9:19 - thine Amos 7:2 - O Lord

Cross-References

Genesis 9:26
He also said, "Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
Genesis 14:3
All of these [kings] joined together [as allies] in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Sea of Salt).
Genesis 14:4
Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer [the most powerful king in the invading confederacy], but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the [three] kings who were with him attacked and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in their mountainous country of Seir, as far as El-paran, which is on the border of the wilderness.
Genesis 14:9
against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.
Genesis 14:17
Then after Abram's return from the defeat (slaughter) of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).
Genesis 14:19
And Melchizedek blessed Abram and said, "Blessed (joyful, favored) be Abram by God Most High, Creator and Possessor of heaven and earth;
Genesis 24:27
He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not denied His lovingkindness and His truth to my master. As for me, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brothers."
Genesis 28:22
"This stone which I have set up as a pillar (monument, memorial) will be God's house [a sacred place to me], and of everything that You give me I will give the tenth to You [as an offering to signify my gratitude and dependence on You]."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers,.... This is said by the prophet, in the name of the few faithful that were among this people, who were sensible of their own sins, the sins of their ancestors, and which they ingenuously confess; their fathers had sinned, and they had imitated them, and continued in the same, and therefore might justly expect the displeasure of the Lord, and his controversy with them:

for we have sinned against thee; Jeremiah 14:7.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A second (compare Jeremiah 14:7-9) earnest intercession, acknowledging the wickedness of the nation, but appealing to the covenant and to God’s Almighty power.

Lothed - More exactly, “hath thrown away as worthless.”

Jeremiah 14:20

Our wickedness, and - Omit and. National sin is the sin of the fathers, perpetuated generation after generation by the children.

Jeremiah 14:21

This verse is in the original very emphatic, and consists of a series of broken ejaculations: “Abhor not for thy name’s sake! Disgrace - lightly esteem” in Deuteronomy 32:15 - “not the throne of thy glory! Remember! Break not etc. with us!” The throne of Yahweh’s glory is Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 14:22

None of the idols of the Gentiles can put an end to this present distress.

Art not thou he, O Lord our God! - Rather, “art thou not Yahweh our God?”

Thou hast made all these things - i. e., the heaven with its showers.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 14:20. We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness — This the prophet did in behalf of the people; but, alas! they did not join him.


 
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