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Jeremiah 14:20

SinRepentanceGuilt and conscience

18 If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”

19 Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hoped for peace, but no good has come, and for the time of healing, but there was only terror.

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

21 For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.

22 Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.

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BSB
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.
KJV
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
WEB
We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.
ASV
We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
DARBY
Jehovah, we acknowledge our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.
BLB
We acknowledge, O YHWH, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You.
ÅB
Vi kjenner, Herre, vår ugudelighet, våre fedres misgjerning, at vi har syndet mot deg.
OTB
Vi bekjenner vår misgjerning, Herre, og våre forfedres skyld; vi har virkelig syndet mot deg.
B1930
Vi kjenner, Herre, vår ugudelighet, våre fedres misgjerning, at vi har syndet mot dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 3:25

    Let 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.”

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  • Psalms 32:5

    Then 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. Selah

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  • Luke 15:18–21

    I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

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  • 1 John 1:7–9

    But 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.

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  • Jeremiah 3:13

    Only 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.

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  • Psalms 51:3–4

    For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

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  • Leviticus 26:40–42

    But 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—

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  • Daniel 9:5–8

    we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

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