God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 14:21
21For the sake of your name, don’t despise us. Don’t dishonor your glorious throne. Remember your promise to us; don’t break it.
Jeremiah 14:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do not spurn us, for your name's sake; do not dishonor your glorious throne; remember and do not break your covenant with us.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Jeremiah 14:21
19Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you despise Zion? Why have you struck us so hard that we cannot heal? We hope for peace, but no good comes from it. We hope for a time of healing, but there’s only terror. 20O Lord, we realize our wickedness and the wrongs done by our ancestors. We have sinned against you. 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. 22The worthless gods of the nations can’t make it rain. By themselves, the skies can’t give showers. But you can, O Lord our God. We have hope in you because you do all these things.
Read all of Jeremiah 14Jeremiah 14:21 word by word
אַל־תִּנְאַץ֙ לְמַ֣עַן שִׁמְךָ֔ אַל־תְּנַבֵּ֖ל כִּסֵּ֣א כְבוֹדֶ֑ךָ זְכֹ֕ר אַל־תָּפֵ֥ר בְּרִֽיתְךָ֖ אִתָּֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Do not abhorנָאַץnâ'ats · to spurnH5006
- for thy name’sשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- sake, do not disgraceנָבַלnâbêl · be senselessH5034
- the throneכִּסֵּאkissê' kissêh · throneH3678
- of thy gloryכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
- rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
- breakפָּרַרpârar · to breakH6565
- not thy covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
Cross-references for Jeremiah 14:21
- Jeremiah 14:19Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you despise Zion? Why have you struck us so hard that we cannot heal? We hope for peace, but no good comes from it. We hope for a time of healing, but there’s only terror.
- Leviticus 26:11“I will put my tent among you, and I will never look at you with disgust.
- Deuteronomy 32:19The Lord saw this and rejected them, because his own sons and daughters had made him angry.
- Psalms 51:11Do not force me away from your presence, and do not take your Holy Spirit from me.
- Psalms 106:40The Lord burned with anger against his own people. He was disgusted with those who belonged to him.
- Lamentations 2:7The Lord rejected his altar and disowned his holy place. He handed the walls of Zion’s palaces over to its enemies. The enemies made noise in the Lord’s temple as though it were a festival day.
- Amos 6:8The Almighty Lord has sworn an oath on himself. The Lord God of Armies declares: I am disgusted with Jacob’s pride, and I hate his palaces. So I will hand over the city and everything in it.
- Jeremiah 14:7Do something, Lord, for the sake of your name, even though our sins testify against us. We have been unfaithful and have sinned against you.
- Psalms 79:9Help us, O God, our savior, for the glory of your name. Rescue us, and forgive our sins for the honor of your name.
- Ezekiel 36:22“So tell the people of Israel, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I am about to do something, people of Israel. I will not do this for your sake but for the sake of my holy name, which you have dishonored among the nations wherever you have gone.
- Ezekiel 39:25“So this is what the Almighty Lord says: Now I will bring back Jacob’s captives and have compassion for the whole nation of Israel. I will stand up for my holy name.
- Daniel 9:7You, Lord, are righteous. But we—the men of Judah, the citizens of Jerusalem, and all the Israelites whom you scattered in countries near and far—are still ashamed because we have been unfaithful to you.
- Ephesians 2:7He did this through Christ Jesus out of his generosity to us in order to show his extremely rich kindness in the world to come.
- Jeremiah 3:17At that time they will call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord. All nations will gather in Jerusalem because the name of the Lord will be found there. They will no longer follow their own stubborn, evil ways.
- Jeremiah 17:12Our holy place is a glorious throne, highly honored from the beginning.
- Psalms 74:3Turn your steps toward these pathetic ruins. The enemy has destroyed everything in the holy temple.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 14:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Do not disgrace the throne of thy glory - The temple. Let not this sacred place be profaned by impious and sacrilegious hands. Break not thy covenant - See Exodus 24:7, Exodus 24:8; Exodus 19:5. They had already broken the covenant, and they wish God to fulfill his part. They ceased to be his people, for they abandoned themselves to idolatry; and yet they wished Jehovah to be their Lord; to defend, support, and fill them with all good things! But when the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 Jeremiah acknowledged his own sins, and those of the people, but pleaded with the Lord to remember his covenant. In their distress none of the idols of the Gentiles could help them, nor could the heavens give rain of themselves. The Lord will always have a people to plead with him at his mercy-seat. He will heal every truly repenting sinner. Should he not see fit to hear our prayers on behalf of our guilty land, he will certainly bless with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19-22Even though the Lord commanded otherwise (Jeremiah 14:11), Jeremiah prayed for God to lessen the current disaster and the worse one ahead.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. us--"the throne of Thy glory" may be the object of "abhor not" ("reject not"); or "Zion" (Jr 14:19). throne of thy glory--Jerusalem, or, the temple, called God's "footstool" and "habitation" (1Ch 28:2; Psa 132:5). thy covenant--(Psa 106:45; Da 9:19).Read the comment
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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
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