Lamentations 5:7

New International Version

Our ancestors sinned and are no more, and we bear their punishment.

Cross References

Genesis 42:13

But they replied, “Your servants were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

Genesis 42:36

Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!”

Job 7:21

Why do you not pardon my offenses and forgive my sins? For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.”

Job 7:8

The eye that now sees me will see me no longer; you will look for me, but I will be no more.

Exodus 20:5

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

Jeremiah 14:20

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

Jeremiah 16:11

then say to them, ‘It is because your ancestors forsook me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and followed other gods and served and worshiped them. They forsook me and did not keep my law.

Jeremiah 16:12

But you have behaved more wickedly than your ancestors. See how all of you are following the stubbornness of your evil hearts instead of obeying me.

Jeremiah 31:15

This is what the Lord says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

Jeremiah 31:29

“In those days people will no longer say, ‘The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.’

Ezekiel 16:58

You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your detestable practices, declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 18:2

“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: “ ‘The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

Zechariah 1:5

Where are your ancestors now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

Numbers 14:18

‘The Lord is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.’