Jeremiah 14:21
New International Version
For the sake of your name do not despise us; do not dishonor your glorious throne. Remember your covenant with us and do not break it.

New Living Translation
For the sake of your reputation, LORD, do not abandon us. Do not disgrace your own glorious throne. Please remember us, and do not break your covenant with us.

English Standard Version
Do not spurn us, for your name’s sake; do not dishonor your glorious throne; remember and do not break your covenant with us.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

New King James Version
Do not abhor us, for Your name’s sake; Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory. Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.

New American Standard Bible
Do not despise us, for the sake of Your own name; Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory. Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us.

NASB 1995
Do not despise us, for Your own name’s sake; Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory; Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us.

NASB 1977
Do not despise us, for Thine own name’s sake; Do not disgrace the throne of Thy glory; Remember and do not annul Thy covenant with us.

Legacy Standard Bible
Do not despise us, for Your own name’s sake; Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory; Remember and do not break Your covenant with us.

Amplified Bible
Do 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.

Christian Standard Bible
For your name’s sake, don’t despise us. Don’t disdain your glorious throne. Remember your covenant with us; do not break it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Because of Your name, don’t despise us. Don’t disdain Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it.

American Standard Version
Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

Contemporary English Version
If you save us, it will show how great you are. Don't let our enemies disgrace your temple, your beautiful throne. Don't forget that you promised to rescue us.

English Revised Version
Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
For the sake of your name, don't despise us. Don't dishonor your glorious throne. Remember your promise to us; don't break it.

Good News Translation
Remember your promises and do not despise us; do not bring disgrace on Jerusalem, the place of your glorious throne. Do not break the covenant you made with us.

International Standard Version
For the sake of your name don't despise us. Don't dishonor your glorious throne. Remember, don't break your covenant with us!

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
For the honor of your name, do not treat Jerusalem with contempt. Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it!

New Heart English Bible
Do not abhor us, for your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, do not break your covenant with us.

Webster's Bible Translation
Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

World English Bible
Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Do not despise, for Your Name’s sake, "" Do not dishonor the throne of Your glory, "" Remember, do not break Your covenant with us.

Young's Literal Translation
Do not despise, for Thy name's sake, Dishonour not the throne of Thine honour, Remember, break not Thy covenant with us.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou wilt not despise us; for sake of thy name, thou wilt not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, thou wilt not break thy covenant with us.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Give us not to be a reproach, for thy name's sake, and do not disgrace in us the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For the sake of your name, do not give us over into disgrace. And do not dishonor in us the throne of your glory. Remember, do not make void, your covenant with us.

New American Bible
Do not reject us, for your name’s sake, do not disgrace your glorious throne. Remember! Do not break your covenant with us.

New Revised Standard Version
Do not spurn us, for your name’s sake; do not dishonor your glorious throne; remember and do not break your covenant with us.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Do not be angry, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory; remember, do not nullify thy covenant with us.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Do not be angry, for your name’s sake, and do not despise the throne of your glory! Remember and do not nullify your covenant with us!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Do not contemn us, for Thy name's sake, Do not dishonour the throne of Thy glory; Remember, break not Thy covenant with us.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Refrain for thy name's sake, destroy not the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Prayer for Mercy
20We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You. 21For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it. 22Can 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.…

Cross References
2 Kings 19:34
I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Isaiah 37:35
‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

Psalm 106:8
Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

Ezekiel 20:9
But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:14
But I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 20:22
But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.

Ezekiel 20:44
Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”

Isaiah 48:9-11
For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off. / See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. / For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.

Daniel 9:17-19
So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary. / Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion. / O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”

Psalm 25:11
For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great.

Psalm 79:9
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.

Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

Isaiah 48:11
For My own sake, My very own sake, I will act; for how can I let Myself be defamed? I will not yield My glory to another.

Romans 11:28-29
Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs. / For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.

1 Samuel 12:22
Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.


Treasury of Scripture

Do not abhor us, for your name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, break not your covenant with us.

not abhor.

Jeremiah 14:19
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

Leviticus 26:11
And I will set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you.

Deuteronomy 32:19
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

for.

Jeremiah 14:7
O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

Psalm 79:9,10
Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake…

Ezekiel 36:22,23
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went…

disgrace.

Jeremiah 3:17
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.

Jeremiah 17:12
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.

Psalm 74:3-7,20
Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary…

remember.

Exodus 32:13
Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

Leviticus 26:42-45
Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land…

Psalm 74:2,18-20
Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt…

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Jeremiah 14
1. The grievous famine,
7. causes Jeremiah to pray.
10. The Lord will not be entreated for the people.
13. false prophets are no excuse for them.
17. Jeremiah is moved to complain for them.














For the sake of Your name
This phrase emphasizes the importance of God's reputation and character. In Hebrew, "name" (שֵׁם, shem) often signifies one's character or reputation. The Israelites appeal to God's own nature, reminding Him of His holiness and the honor of His name. Historically, God's name was revered and considered powerful, representing His presence and authority. The plea is for God to act in accordance with His nature, which is faithful and just.

do not despise us
The Hebrew root for "despise" (בָּזָה, bazah) conveys a sense of contempt or disdain. The Israelites are aware of their unworthiness and sinfulness, yet they implore God not to reject them. This reflects a deep understanding of their dependence on God's mercy. In the context of the covenant relationship, they seek reassurance that despite their failures, God will not abandon them.

do not disgrace the throne of Your glory
The "throne of Your glory" refers to God's sovereign rule and His presence among His people, particularly in the temple in Jerusalem. The throne symbolizes God's authority and majesty. The Israelites are concerned that their downfall would reflect poorly on God's power and honor. Historically, the temple was the center of worship and a symbol of God's dwelling with His people. The plea is for God to uphold His glory and not allow His name to be tarnished by their defeat.

Remember Your covenant with us
The term "covenant" (בְּרִית, berit) is central to the relationship between God and Israel. It signifies a binding agreement, often sealed with promises and obligations. The Israelites remind God of the promises made to their forefathers, invoking the historical and spiritual bond that God initiated. This appeal to the covenant underscores their hope in God's faithfulness and His commitment to His people despite their shortcomings.

do not break it
The plea for God not to "break" (הָפַר, haphar) the covenant is a request for divine fidelity. While humans often fail in their commitments, God is seen as unchanging and true to His word. The Israelites express their trust in God's unbreakable promises, seeking assurance that He will remain steadfast. This reflects a deep theological understanding that God's nature is to be faithful, even when His people are not.

(21) Do not abhor us . . .--Even in the English, and yet more in the Hebrew, we seem to hear the broken accents, words and sobs intermingled, of the agony of the prayer. "Abhor us not . . . disgrace not . . . remember, break not." The prophet can make no plea of extenuation, but he can appeal to the character of God, and urge, with a bold anthropomorphism, that mercy is truer to that character than rigorous justice, and that His covenant with Israel pledges Him to that mercy.

The throne of thy glory.--This is, of course, the Temple (see Jeremiah 17:12). Shall that become a bye-word of reproach, scorned (so the word means) as a fool is scorned?

Verse 21. - The throne of thy glory; i.e. the temple (Jeremiah 17:12; Ezekiel 43:7), or Jerusalem (Jeremiah 3:17). It is the same conception where Jehovah is said to "dwell between" [or, 'sit upon'] "the cherubim" (Isaiah 37:16; Psalm 80:1; Psalm 99:1).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For the sake of
לְמַ֣עַן (lə·ma·‘an)
Preposition
Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent

Your name
שִׁמְךָ֔ (šim·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

despise us;
תִּנְאַץ֙ (tin·’aṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5006: To spurn, treat with contempt

do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

disgrace
תְּנַבֵּ֖ל (tə·nab·bêl)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5034: To wilt, to fall away, fail, faint, to be foolish, wicked, to despise, disgrace

Your glorious
כְבוֹדֶ֑ךָ (ḵə·ḇō·w·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

throne.
כִּסֵּ֣א (kis·sê)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne

Remember
זְכֹ֕ר (zə·ḵōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

Your covenant
בְּרִֽיתְךָ֖ (bə·rî·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

with us;
אִתָּֽנוּ׃ (’it·tā·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

break it.
תָּפֵ֥ר (tā·p̄êr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate


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