Jeremiah 14:7

Jeremiah 14:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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 King James Version (NKJV)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 Living Translation (NLT)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.

Context of Jeremiah 14:7

5Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn because there is no grass. 6The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail because there is no vegetation. "Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O Lord, for your name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. 8O you hope of Israel, its savior in time of trouble, why should you be like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who turns aside to tarry for a night? 9Why should you be like a man confused, like a mighty warrior who cannot save? Yet you, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by your name; do not leave us."

Jeremiah 14:7 word by word

אִם־עֲוֹנֵ֙ינוּ֙ עָ֣נוּ בָ֔נוּ יְהוָ֕ה עֲשֵׂ֖ה לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמֶ֑ךָ כִּֽי־רַבּ֥וּ מְשׁוּבֹתֵ֖ינוּ לְךָ֥ חָטָֽאנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• though our iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• testifyעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• against us, doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• for thy name’sשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• sake: for our backslidingsמְשׁוּבָהmeshûbâh meshûbâh · faithlessnessH4878
• are manyרָבַבrâbab · to multiplyH7231
• we have sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398

Cross-references for Jeremiah 14:7

• Isaiah 59:12For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:
• Hosea 5:5The pride of Israel testifies to his face; Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in his guilt; Judah also shall stumble with them.
• Hosea 7:10The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him, for all this.
• Jeremiah 14:20We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against you.
• Deuteronomy 32:27had I not feared provocation by the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, "Our hand is triumphant, it was not the Lord who did all this."'
• Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?"
• Psalms 25:11For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
• Psalms 115:1Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
• Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
• Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him
• Ephesians 1:6to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
• Jeremiah 2:19Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God; the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord God of hosts.
• Jeremiah 3:6The Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah: "Have you seen what she did, that faithless one, Israel, how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there played the whore?
• Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest shall strike them down; a wolf from the desert shall devastate them. A leopard is watching their cities; everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many, their apostasies are great.
• Ezra 9:6saying: "O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.
• Nehemiah 9:33Yet you have been righteous in all that has come upon us, for you have dealt faithfully and we have acted wickedly.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 14:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7O 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Do 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-9The people admitted their sins but did not change their bad behavior. They tried to trick God into helping them by doubting his love, wisdom, and power, while still claiming to be his chosen people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. do thou it--what we beg of Thee; interpose to remove the drought. Jeremiah pleads in the name of his nation (Psa 109:21). So "work for us," absolutely used (1Sa 14:6). for thy name's sake--"for our backslidings are so many" that we cannot urge Thee for the sake of our doings, but for the glory of Thy name; lest, if Thou give us not aid, it should be said it was owing to Thy want of power (Jos 7:9; Psa 79:9; 106:8; Is 48:9; Eze 20:44). The same appeal…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 14:7

• Backsliders
• Impenitence
• Intercession
• Jeremiah
• Prayer
• Repentance
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Heal
• Backslide

Commentaries on Jeremiah 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings