Jeremiah 14:7

Lexham English Bible

Contextual Overview

¹ That which came as the word of Yahweh to Jeremiah concerning the matter of the severe drought. ² "Judah mourns, and her gates languish, they are in mourning on the ground, and the cry of lament of Jerusalem goes up. ³ And their nobles send their servants for water. They come to the pits, they find no water. They return with their vessels empty. They are ashamed, and they are confounded, and they cover their heads. ⁴ Because of the ground, which is cracked because there was no rain on the ground. The farmers are ashamed, they cover their heads. ⁵ For even the doe in the field gives birth and forsakes her young, because there is no green growth. ⁶ And wild asses stand on the barren heights, they gasp for breath like the jackals. Their eyes fail because there is no vegetation." ⁷ Although our iniquities testify against us, O Yahweh, act for the sake of your name. Yes, our apostasies are many; we have sinned against you. ⁸ You are the hope of Israel, its savior in time of distress. Why should you be like an alien in the land, or like a traveler who spreads out his tent to spend the night? ⁹ Why should you be like a confused man, like a warrior who is not able to help? Yet you are in our midst, O Yahweh, and your name is called upon us. You must not leave us!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

though: Isaiah 59:12, Hosea 5:5, Hosea 7:10

do: Jeremiah 14:20, Jeremiah 14:21, Deuteronomy 32:27, Joshua 7:9, Psalms 25:11, Psalms 115:1, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:14, Ezekiel 20:22, Daniel 9:9, Daniel 9:18, Daniel 9:19, Ephesians 1:6, Ephesians 1:12

for our: Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 3:6, Jeremiah 5:6, Ezra 9:6, Ezra 9:7, Ezra 9:15, Nehemiah 9:33, Nehemiah 9:34, Daniel 9:5-16

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:20 - the cry Deuteronomy 9:28 - Because Judges 20:47 - six hundred 1 Samuel 12:22 - for his great 1 Kings 20:28 - therefore will Job 23:3 - Oh that Psalms 31:3 - for thy Psalms 79:9 - for thy Psalms 106:8 - he saved Isaiah 48:9 - my name's Jeremiah 18:20 - Remember Jeremiah 31:22 - backsliding Hosea 4:16 - slideth Hosea 11:7 - are bent Hosea 14:4 - heal Amos 7:2 - O Lord Luke 13:8 - let John 17:11 - thine 1 John 2:12 - for

Cross-References

Genesis 14:1
And it happened that in the days of Amraphel, the king of Shinar, Arioch, the king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer, the king of Elam, and Tidal, the king of Goiim,

Genesis 14:8
Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out, and they took up battle position in the Valley of Siddim

Genesis 14:12
And they took Lot, the son of the brother of Abram, and his possessions, and left. (Now he had been living in Sodom.)

Genesis 14:16
And he brought back all the possessions. And he also brought back Lot, his relative, and his possessions, and the women and the people as well.

Genesis 16:14
Therefore the well was called Beer-Lahai-Roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from there to the land of the Negev, and he settled between Kadesh and Shur. And he dwelled as an alien in Gerar.

Genesis 36:12
(Now Timnah was the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau. And she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.) These are the sons of Adah, the wife of Esau.

Genesis 36:16
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. These are the sons of Adah.

Numbers 13:26
And they came to Moses and Aaron and to the entire community of the Israelites in the desert of Paran at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and to all the community, and they showed them the fruit of the land.

Numbers 14:43
because the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will fall by the sword; because you have turned back from Yahweh, and Yahweh will not be with you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us,.... That we deserve such judgments to be inflicted on us; and that God is righteous in bringing them; and we are altogether undeserving of the favour now about to be asked. These are the words of the prophet interceding for his people, and confessing their sins and his own:

do thou it for thy name's sake; that is, give rain; which was the thing wanted, and which none but God could give, Jeremiah 14:22 though we are not worthy to have it done for our sakes, do it for thine own sake; for the honour and glory of thy name, of thy goodness, power, and faithfulness:

for our backslidings are many; and so had many witnesses against them; and which shows how unworthy they were, and that they had no reason to expect the mercy on their own account; and especially as it follows:

we have sinned against thee; as all sin is against God, contrary to his nature and will, and a transgression of his law; and what aggravates it is, that it is against him as a God of goodness, grace, and mercy.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Do thou it - Rather, “deal thou, act thou for Thy Name’s sake, i. e., not according to the strict measure of right and wrong, but as a God merciful and gracious.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 14:7. O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us — We deeply acknowledge that we have sinned, and deserve nothing but death. Yet act for thy name's sake-work in our behalf, that we perish not.