Lamentations 3:42
New International Version
“We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven.

New Living Translation
“We have sinned and rebelled, and you have not forgiven us.

English Standard Version
“We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven.

Berean Standard Bible
“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”

King James Bible
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

New King James Version
We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.

New American Standard Bible
We have done wrong and rebelled; You have not pardoned.

NASB 1995
We have transgressed and rebelled, You have not pardoned.

NASB 1977
We have transgressed and rebelled, Thou hast not pardoned.

Legacy Standard Bible
We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.

Amplified Bible
We have transgressed and rebelled, You have not pardoned.

Christian Standard Bible
“We have sinned and rebelled; you have not forgiven.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.

American Standard Version
We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.

Contemporary English Version
"We've sinned! We've rebelled against you, and you haven't forgiven us!

English Revised Version
We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"We have been disobedient and rebellious. You haven't forgiven us.

Good News Translation
"We have sinned and rebelled, and you, O LORD, have not forgiven us.

International Standard Version
As for us, we have sinned and rebelled; but you have not pardoned us.

Majority Standard Bible
“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”

NET Bible
"We have blatantly rebelled; you have not forgiven."

New Heart English Bible
We have transgressed and have rebelled, and you have not forgiven.

Webster's Bible Translation
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

World English Bible
“We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
We have transgressed and been rebellious, "" You have not forgiven.

Young's Literal Translation
We -- we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou -- Thou hast not forgiven.

Smith's Literal Translation
We transgressed and resisted: thou forgavest not.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Nun. We have done wickedly, and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable.

Catholic Public Domain Version
NUN. We have acted sinfully, and we have provoked to wrath. About this, you are relentless.

New American Bible
We have rebelled and been obstinate; you have not forgiven us.

New Revised Standard Version
We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
We have transgressed and rebelled; and thou hast not pardoned.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
We have done evil and we have rebelled and you did not forgive
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
We have sinned, we have transgressed; and thou hast not pardoned.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God's Justice
41Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: 42“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.” 43You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.…

Cross References
Daniel 9:5
we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

Nehemiah 1:6-7
let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned. / We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

Psalm 106:6
We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

Jeremiah 14:7
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.

Isaiah 59:12-13
For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities: / rebelling and denying the LORD, turning away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lies from the heart.

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.

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.”

Ezra 9:6-7
and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens. / From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to captivity, to pillage and humiliation, as we are this day.

Psalm 51:3-4
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. / Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

Jeremiah 14:20
We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD, the guilt of our fathers; indeed, we have sinned against You.

1 Kings 8:47
and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

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— / and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity, / then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

2 Chronicles 6:37-39
and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’ / and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name, / then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleas, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.

Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Hosea 14:1-2
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.


Treasury of Scripture

We have transgressed and have rebelled: you have not pardoned.

transgressed

Lamentations 1:18
The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

Lamentations 5:16
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!

Nehemiah 9:26
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

thou

2 Kings 24:4
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

Jeremiah 5:7,8
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses…

Ezekiel 24:13
In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

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Lamentations 3
1. The prophet bewails his own calamities
22. By the mercies of God, he nourishes his hope
37. He acknowledges God's justice
55. He prays for deliverance
64. And vengeance on his enemies














We have sinned
The Hebrew word for "sinned" here is "חָטָא" (chata), which means to miss the mark or to err. This confession acknowledges a deviation from God's laws and standards. In the historical context of Lamentations, this admission reflects the collective guilt of the Israelites, who have strayed from the covenantal path set by God. Theologically, it is a recognition of human fallibility and the need for divine grace. This phrase invites believers to reflect on their own lives, recognizing areas where they have missed the mark and need to seek God's forgiveness.

and rebelled
The term "rebelled" is translated from the Hebrew "פָּשַׁע" (pasha), which conveys a sense of willful defiance and transgression against authority. In the context of ancient Israel, rebellion against God was not just a personal failing but a communal breach of the covenant relationship. Historically, this rebellion led to the Babylonian exile, a period of profound suffering and reflection for the Jewish people. For contemporary believers, this phrase serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God's will and the importance of repentance.

You have not forgiven
The phrase "You have not forgiven" is a stark acknowledgment of the perceived absence of divine pardon. The Hebrew root "סָלַח" (salach) means to forgive or pardon. In the context of Lamentations, this reflects the deep despair and sense of abandonment felt by the Israelites during the destruction of Jerusalem. It is important to understand that this is an expression of the author's raw emotion and not a theological statement about God's nature. From a conservative Christian perspective, this phrase challenges believers to trust in God's ultimate plan and timing, even when forgiveness and restoration seem delayed. It encourages a deeper faith in God's promises, knowing that His mercy and grace are always available to those who truly repent.

(42) We have transgressed . . .--The verses that follow (Lam 3;42-47) give the prayer which answers to the call of Lamentations 3:41. Both pronouns are emphatic: The suppliant has sinned and God has not yet pardoned, in the sense of ceasing to punish.

Verse 42. - We... thou. The pronouns are expressed in the Hebrew, and are meant to be spoken with emphasis.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
“We
נַ֤חְנוּ (naḥ·nū)
Pronoun - first person common plural
Strong's 5168: We

have sinned
פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙ (p̄ā·ša‘·nū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 6586: To break away, trespass, apostatize, quarrel

and rebelled;
וּמָרִ֔ינוּ (ū·mā·rî·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural
Strong's 4784: To be contentious or rebellious

You
אַתָּ֖ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

have not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

forgiven.”
סָלָֽחְתָּ׃ (sā·lā·ḥə·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5545: To forgive, pardon


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