Lamentations 5:7

Good News Translation

Our ancestors sinned, but now they are gone, and we are suffering for their sins.

Cross References

Genesis 42:13

They said, “We were twelve brothers in all, sir, sons of the same man in the land of Canaan. One brother is dead, and the youngest is now with our father.”

Genesis 42:36

Their father said to them, “Do you want to make me lose all my children? Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take away Benjamin. I am the one who suffers!”

Job 7:21

Can't you ever forgive my sin? Can't you pardon the wrong I do? Soon I will be in my grave, and I'll be gone when you look for me.

Job 7:8

You see me now, but never again. If you look for me, I'll be gone.

Exodus 20:5

Do not bow down to any idol or worship it, because I am the Lord your God and I tolerate no rivals. I bring punishment on those who hate me and on their descendants down to the third and fourth generation.

Jeremiah 14:20

We have sinned against you, Lord; we confess our own sins and the sins of our ancestors.

Jeremiah 16:11

Then tell them that the Lord has said, ‘Your ancestors turned away from me and worshiped and served other gods. They abandoned me and did not obey my teachings.

Jeremiah 16:12

But you have done even worse than your ancestors. All of you are stubborn and evil, and you do not obey me.

Jeremiah 31:15

The Lord says, “A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of bitter weeping. Rachel is crying for her children; they are gone, and she refuses to be comforted.

Jeremiah 31:29

When that time comes, people will no longer say, ‘The parents ate the sour grapes, But the children got the sour taste.’

Ezekiel 16:58

You must suffer for the obscene, disgusting things you have done.” The Lord has spoken.

Ezekiel 18:2

and said, “What is this proverb people keep repeating in the land of Israel? ‘The parents ate the sour grapes, But the children got the sour taste.’

Zechariah 1:5

Your ancestors and those prophets are no longer alive.

Numbers 14:18

‘I, the Lord, am not easily angered, and I show great love and faithfulness and forgive sin and rebellion. Yet I will not fail to punish children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generation for the sins of their parents.’