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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Though our iniquities testify against us, act, O Lord, for your name's sake; for our backslidings are many; 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.

Context of Jeremiah 14:7

5For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young, 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 wrongdoings testify against us, Lord, act for the sake of Your name! Our apostasies have indeed been many, We have sinned against You. 8Hope of Israel, Its Savior in time of distress, Why are You like a stranger in the land, Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night? 9Why are You like a confused person, Like a warrior who cannot save? Yet You are in our midst, Lord, 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

• Thoughאִם'im · ifH518
• wrongdoingsעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• testifyעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• actעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• for the sakeמַ֫עַןma‛an · becauseH4616
• of Your nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• apostasiesמְשׁוּבָהmeshûbâh meshûbâh · faithlessnessH4878
• have indeedכִּיkîy · forH3588
• beenרָבַבrâbab · to multiplyH7231
• sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398

Cross-references for Jeremiah 14:7

• Isaiah 59:12For our wrongful acts have multiplied before You, And our sins have testified against us; For our wrongful acts are with us, And we know our wrongdoings:
• Hosea 5:5Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies against him, And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their wrongdoing; Judah also has stumbled with them.
• Hosea 7:10Though the pride of Israel testifies against him, Yet they have not returned to the Lord their God, Nor have they sought Him, despite all this.
• Jeremiah 14:20We know our wickedness, Lord, The wrongdoing of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.
• Deuteronomy 32:27Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, “Our hand is triumphant, And the Lord has not performed all this.”’
• Joshua 7:9For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear about it, and they will surround us and eliminate our name from the earth. And what will You do for Your great name?”
• Psalms 25:11For the sake of Your name, Lord, Forgive my wrongdoing, for it is great.
• Psalms 115:1Not to us, Lord, not to us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, because of Your truth.
• Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for the sake of My name, that it would not be defiled in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
• Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, because we have rebelled against Him;
• Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in the Beloved.
• Jeremiah 2:19Your own wickedness will correct you, And your apostasies will punish you; Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter For you to abandon the Lord your God, And the fear of Me is not in you,” declares the Lord God of armies.
• Jeremiah 3:6Then the Lord said to me in the days of King Josiah, “Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every leafy tree, and she prostituted herself there.
• Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them, A wolf of the deserts will destroy them, A leopard is watching their cities. Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces, Because their wrongdoings are many, Their apostasies are numerous.
• Ezra 9:6and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God, for our wrongful deeds have risen above our heads, and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.
• Nehemiah 9:33However, You are righteous in everything that has happened to us; For You have dealt faithfully, but 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
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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