Lamentations 5:7

God's Word

Our ancestors sinned. Now they are gone, ⌞but⌟ we have to take the punishment for their wickedness.

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:29

“When those days come, people will no longer say, ‘Fathers have eaten sour grapes, and their children’s teeth are set on edge.’

Jeremiah 16:12

You have done worse than your ancestors. All of you are following your own stubborn, evil ways that keep you from obeying me.

Ezekiel 18:2

“What do you mean when you use this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘Fathers have eaten sour grapes, and their children’s teeth are set on edge’?

Jeremiah 14:20

O Lord, we realize our wickedness and the wrongs done by our ancestors. We have sinned against you.

Exodus 20:5

Never worship them or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.

Jeremiah 31:15

This is what the Lord says: A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of crying in bitter grief. Rachel is crying for her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.

Genesis 42:36

Their father Jacob said to them, “You’re going to make me lose all my children! Joseph is no longer with us, Simeon is no longer with us, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything’s against me!”

Zechariah 1:5

Your ancestors—where are they now? And the prophets—are they still alive?

Job 7:21

Why don’t you forgive my disobedience and take away my sin? Soon I’ll lie down in the dust. Then you will search for me, but I’ll be gone!”

Job 7:8

The eye that watches over me will no longer see me. Your eye will look for me, but I’ll be gone.

Genesis 42:13

They answered him, “We were 12 brothers, sons of one man in Canaan. The youngest brother stayed with our father, and the other one is no longer with us.”

Numbers 14:18

‘The Lord … patient, forever loving…. He forgives wrongdoing and disobedience…. He never lets the guilty go unpunished, punishing children … for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation….’

Jeremiah 16:11

Then say to them, ‘It’s because your ancestors abandoned me, declares the Lord. They followed other gods, served them, worshiped them, and abandoned me. They didn’t obey my teachings.

Ezekiel 16:58

You must suffer because of all the crude and disgusting things you have done, declares the Lord.