Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Although our sins testify against us, do something, LORD, for the sake of your name. For we have often rebelled; we have sinned against you. New Living Translation The people say, “Our wickedness has caught up with us, LORD, but help us for the sake of your own reputation. We have turned away from you and sinned against you again and again. English Standard Version “Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O LORD, for your name’s sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. Berean Standard Bible Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You. King James Bible 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. New King James Version O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, Do it for Your name’s sake; For our backslidings are many, We have sinned against You. New American Standard Bible “Though our wrongdoings testify against us, LORD, act for the sake of Your name! Our apostasies have indeed been many, We have sinned against You. NASB 1995 “Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for Your name’s sake! Truly our apostasies have been many, We have sinned against You. NASB 1977 “Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for Thy name’s sake! Truly our apostasies have been many, We have sinned against Thee. Legacy Standard Bible Although our iniquities answer against us, O Yahweh, act for Your name’s sake! Truly our acts of faithlessness have been many; We have sinned against You. Amplified Bible “O LORD, though our many sins testify against us” [prays Jeremiah], “Act now [for us and] for Your name’s sake [so that the faithless may witness Your faithfulness]! For our backslidings are countless; We have sinned against You. Christian Standard Bible Though our iniquities testify against us, LORD, act for your name’s sake. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Though our guilt testifies against us, Yahweh, act for Your name’s sake. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You. American Standard Version Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. Contemporary English Version We rejected you and did evil, so we deserve to be punished. But if you rescue us, LORD, everyone will see how great you are. English Revised Version Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name's sake, O LORD: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation Do something, LORD, for the sake of your name, even though our sins testify against us. We have been unfaithful and have sinned against you. Good News Translation My people cry out to me, 'Even though our sins accuse us, help us, LORD, as you have promised. We have turned away from you many times; we have sinned against you. International Standard Version LORD, even though our iniquities testify against us, do something for the sake of your name. Indeed, our apostasies are many, and we have sinned against you. Majority Standard Bible Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You. NET Bible Then I said, "O LORD, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you. New Heart English Bible "Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name's sake, LORD; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, Yahweh; for our rebellions are many. We have sinned against you. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionSurely our iniquities have testified against us, "" O YHWH, work for Your Name’s sake, "" For our backslidings have been many, "" We have sinned against You. Young's Literal Translation Surely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name's sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned. Smith's Literal Translation If our iniquities answered against us, O Jehovah, do for sake of thy name: for our turnings back were many; we sinned against thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name's sake, for our rebellions are many, we have sinned against thee. Catholic Public Domain Version “O Lord, if our iniquities have responded against us, let it be for the sake of your name. For our rebellions are many; we have sinned against you. New American Bible Even though our crimes bear witness against us, act, LORD, for your name’s sake— Even though our rebellions are many, and we have sinned against you. New Revised Standard Version Although our iniquities testify against us, act, O LORD, for your name’s sake; our apostasies indeed are many, and we have sinned against you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThough our sins testify against us, O LORD have mercy upon us for thy name's sake; for thy lovingkindness is great; we have sinned against thee. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated If our sins have testified against us, LORD JEHOVAH, have pity because of your name, because your kindness is great and we have sinned against you OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Though our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, work Thou for Thy name's sake; For our backslidings are many, We have sinned against Thee. Brenton Septuagint Translation Our sins have risen up against us: O Lord, do thou for us for thine own sake; for our sins are many before thee; for we have sinned against thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Drought, Famine, Sword, Pestilence…6Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.” 7Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You. 8O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?… Cross References Psalm 25:11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, forgive my iniquity, for it is great. Isaiah 64:9 Do not be angry, O LORD, beyond measure; do not remember our iniquity forever. Oh, look upon us, we pray; we are all Your people! Daniel 9:18-19 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 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. 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.” 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Nehemiah 9:33 You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly. Isaiah 48:9 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. Psalm 106:6 We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly. Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Isaiah 43:24-25 You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities. / I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more. 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. Psalm 51:1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your loving devotion; according to Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions. Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool. Treasury of Scripture O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do you it for your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. though. Isaiah 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; Hosea 5:5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. Hosea 7:10 And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. do. Jeremiah 14:20,21 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee… Deuteronomy 32:27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. Joshua 7:9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? for our. Jeremiah 2:19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. Jeremiah 3:6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. Jeremiah 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. Jump to Previous Act Although Backsliding Backslidings Evil Honour Iniquities Name's Sake Sinned Sins Something Surely Testify Turned Witness WorkJump to Next Act Although Backsliding Backslidings Evil Honour Iniquities Name's Sake Sinned Sins Something Surely Testify Turned Witness WorkJeremiah 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. Although our iniquities testify against us The word "iniquities" in Hebrew is "עֲוֹנוֹתֵינוּ" (avonotenu), which refers to moral perversity or sin. In the context of ancient Israel, iniquities were not just personal failings but communal transgressions that affected the entire nation. The phrase "testify against us" suggests a legal setting where sins are witnesses against the people, highlighting the seriousness of their moral failures. This acknowledgment of sin is crucial in a conservative Christian perspective, emphasizing the need for confession and repentance. O LORD act for the sake of Your name Indeed, our rebellions are many we have sinned against You Do thou it.--Better, more generally, act thou, not according to the rigour of inexorable justice, but according to the Name which witnesses of mercy and long-suffering (Exodus 34:6). Verse 7. - The intercession of Jeremiah begins. Do thou it; a pregnant expression, equivalent to "act gloriously" (as Psalm 22:31; Isaiah 44:23); For thy name's sake. Jehovah s" Name pledges him to be merciful to his people, and not to make a full end of them, even when they have offended (comp." Our Redeemer was thy name from of old" Isaiah 63:16).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Althoughאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not our iniquities עֲוֺנֵ֙ינוּ֙ (‘ă·wō·nê·nū) Noun - common plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity testify against us, עָ֣נוּ (‘ā·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6030: To answer, respond O LORD, יְהוָ֕ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel act עֲשֵׂ֖ה (‘ă·śêh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make for the sake לְמַ֣עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Preposition Strong's 4616: Purpose -- intent of Your name. שְׁמֶ֑ךָ (šə·me·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name Indeed, כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction our rebellions מְשׁוּבֹתֵ֖ינוּ (mə·šū·ḇō·ṯê·nū) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 4878: Turning back, apostasy are many; רַבּ֥וּ (rab·bū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 7231: To cast together, increase, in number, to multiply by the myriad we have sinned against You. חָטָֽאנוּ׃ (ḥā·ṭā·nū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn Links Jeremiah 14:7 NIVJeremiah 14:7 NLT Jeremiah 14:7 ESV Jeremiah 14:7 NASB Jeremiah 14:7 KJV Jeremiah 14:7 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 14:7 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 14:7 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 14:7 French Bible Jeremiah 14:7 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 14:7 Though our iniquities testify against us work (Jer.) |
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