Lamentations 5:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Our ancestors sinned, but they are dead, and we are left to pay for their sins.

Cross References

Genesis 42:13

But they explained, “Sir, we come from a family of twelve brothers. The youngest is still with our father in Canaan, and one of our brothers is dead.”

Genesis 42:36

who said, “You have already taken my sons Joseph and Simeon from me. And now you want to take away Benjamin! Everything is against me.”

Job 7:21

Why do you refuse to forgive? Soon you won't find me, because I'll be dead.

Job 7:8

I will vanish from sight, and no one, including you, will ever see me again.

Exodus 20:5

Don't bow down and worship idols. I am the LORD your God, and I demand all your love. If you reject me, I will punish your families for three or four generations.

Jeremiah 14:20

We and our ancestors are guilty of rebelling against you.

Jeremiah 16:11

Then tell them I have said: People of Judah, your ancestors turned away from me; they rejected my laws and teachings and started worshipping other gods.

Jeremiah 16:12

And you have done even worse! You are stubborn, and instead of obeying me, you do whatever evil comes to your mind.

Jeremiah 31:15

In Ramah a voice is heard, crying and weeping loudly. Rachel mourns for her children and refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.

Jeremiah 31:29

No longer will anyone go around saying, “Sour grapes eaten by parents leave a sour taste in the mouths of their children.”

Ezekiel 16:58

You must pay for all the vulgar and disgusting things you have done. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Ezekiel 18:2

Ezekiel, I hear the people of Israel using the old saying, “Sour grapes eaten by parents leave a sour taste in the mouths of their children.”

Zechariah 1:5

Where are your ancestors now? Not even prophets live for ever.

Numbers 14:18

that you love to show mercy and kindness. And you said that you are very patient, but that you will punish everyone guilty of doing wrong—not only them but their children and grandchildren as well.