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Jeremiah 14:20

We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord,the iniquity of our fathers;indeed, 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

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.
Amplified Bible
We know and acknowledge, O LORD, Our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for 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

17You are to speak this word to them:Let my eyes overflow with tears;day and night may they not stop,for the virgin daughter of my peoplehas been destroyed by a crushing blow,an extremely severe wound. 18If I go out to the field,look—those slain by the sword!If I enter the city,look—those ill from famine!For both prophet and priesttravel to a land they do not know. 19Have you completely rejected Judah?Do you detest Zion?Why do you strike uswith no hope of healing for us?We hoped for peace,but there was nothing good;for a time of healing,but there was only terror. 20We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord,the iniquity of our fathers;indeed, we have sinned against you.21For your name’s sake, don’t despise us.Don’t disdain your glorious throne.Remember your covenant with us;do not break it. 22Can any of the worthless idols of the nations bring rain?Or can the skies alone give showers?Are you not the Lord our God?We therefore put our hope in you,for you have done all these things.

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:
Genesis 14:3
All of these came as allies to the Siddim Valley (that is, the Dead Sea).
Genesis 14:4
They were subject to Chedorlaomer for twelve years, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
Genesis 14:5
In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in the mountains of Seir, as far as El-paran by the wilderness.
Genesis 14:9
against King Chedorlaomer of Elam, King Tidal of Goiim, King Amraphel of Shinar, and King Arioch of Ellasar—four kings against five.
Genesis 14:17
After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Shaveh Valley (that is, the King’s Valley).
Genesis 14:19
He blessed him and said:
Genesis 24:27
and said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not withheld his kindness and faithfulness from my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master’s relatives.”
Genesis 28:22
This stone that I have set up as a marker will be God’s house, and I will give to you a tenth of all that you give me.”

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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