Lamentations 5:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Our ancestors sinned; they no longer exist, but we bear their punishment.

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:29

‘In those days, it will never again be said, “The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”

Jeremiah 16:12

You did more evil than your ancestors.  Look, each one of you was following the stubbornness of his evil heart, not obeying me.

Ezekiel 18:2

‘What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel: “The fathers eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge”?

Jeremiah 14:20

We acknowledge our wickedness,  Lord, the iniquity of our ancestors; indeed, we have sinned against you.

Exodus 20:5

Do not bow in worship to them, and do not serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God,  bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generations  of those who hate me,

Jeremiah 31:15

This is what the Lord says: A voice was heard in Ramah, a lament with bitter weeping – Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children because they are no more.

Genesis 42:36

Their father Jacob said to them, ‘It’s me that you make childless. Joseph is gone, and Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything happens to me! ’

Zechariah 1:5

Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live for ever?

Job 7:21

Why not forgive my sin and pardon my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the grave. You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.

Job 7:8

The eye of anyone who looks on me will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.

Genesis 42:13

But they replied, ‘We, your servants, were twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now  with our father, and one is no longer living.’

Numbers 14:18

The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in faithful love,  forgiving iniquity and rebellion.  But he will not leave the guilty unpunished,  bringing the consequences of the fathers’ iniquity on the children to the third and fourth generation.

Jeremiah 16:11

Then you will answer them, “Because your ancestors abandoned me   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #and followed other gods, served them, and bowed in worship to them.  Indeed, they abandoned me and did not keep my instruction.

Ezekiel 16:58

You yourself must bear the consequences of your depravity and detestable practices   #– #this is the Lord’s declaration.