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 abandons her newborn fawn, because there is no grass. 6Wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, as they pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, since there is no foliage. Though our iniquities testify against us, Adonai, act for Your Name’s sake. For our backslidings are many. We have sinned against You. 8O hope of Israel, Savior in time of trouble, why are You like a stranger in the land, or like a traveler who stays for a night? 9Why are You like a man overcome, like a champion who cannot save? Yet you, Adonai, are in our midst, and we are called by Your Name. Do not forsake 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 will answer to his face: Israel and Ephraim will stagger in their iniquity, Judah also will stumble with them.
• Hosea 7:10Though the Pride of Israel has answered him to his face, yet they did not return to Adonai their God, nor seek Him about all this.
• Jeremiah 14:20We acknowledge our wickedness, Adonai, the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.
• Deuteronomy 32:27except I dread the taunt of the enemy, lest their foes might misconstrue— lest they say, ‘Our hand is held high, and Adonai has not done all this.’
• Joshua 7:9For when the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land hear of it, they will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great Name?”
• Psalms 25:11For Your Name’s sake, Adonai, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
• Psalms 115:1Not to us, Adonai, not to us, but to Your Name be the glory— because of Your love and Your faithfulness.
• Ezekiel 20:9But I acted, for the sake of My Name, to keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations, where they were, in whose sight I made Myself known to them, to bring them out from the land of Egypt.
• Daniel 9:9The Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him.
• Ephesians 1:6to the glorious praise of His grace, with which He favored us through the One He loves!
• Jeremiah 2:19Your own wickedness will rebuke you and your backslidings will chide you. Know then and see how bad and bitter it is for you to forsake Adonai your God. Nor is fear of Me in you.” It is a declaration of the Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot.
• Jeremiah 3:6Then Adonai said to me in the days of King Josiah: “Have you seen what backsliding Israel did? She went up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there she committed adultery.
• Jeremiah 5:6Therefore a lion from the forest will kill them. A desert wolf will ravage them. A leopard watches over their cities. Everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces, For their rebellion is great, their backslidings frequent.
• Ezra 9:6I prayed, “O my God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God! For our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.
• Nehemiah 9:33You are righteous in all that has come upon us. For You have acted faithfully while we have done 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