Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we survive as a remnant today. Here we are before you with our guilt, though no one can stand in your presence because of this.
Jeremiah 14:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Though our iniquities testify against us, Lord, act for your name’s sake. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us [prays Jeremiah], deal and work with us for Your own name's sake [that the heathen may witness Your might and faithfulness]! For our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You. American Standard Version (1901) Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name’s sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. Common English Bible Even though our sins testify against us, help us, LORD, for your name’s sake. We have turned away from you and sinned against you time and again. Catholic Public Domain Version "O Lord, if our iniquities have responded against us, let it be for the sake of your name. For our rebellions are many; we have sinned against you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name's sake, for our rebellions are many: we have sinned against thee. |
Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we survive as a remnant today. Here we are before you with our guilt, though no one can stand in your presence because of this.
I will act for my own sake, indeed, my own, for how can I be defiled? I will not give my glory to another.
For our transgressions have multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us. For our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:
Woe to me because of my brokenness – I am severely wounded! I exclaimed, ‘This is my intense suffering, but I must bear it.’
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Recognise how evil and bitter it is for you to abandon the Lord your God and to have no fear of me. This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.
Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the Lord our God, both we and our ancestors, from the time of our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the Lord our God.’
In the days of King Josiah the Lord asked me, ‘Have you seen what unfaithful Israel has done? She has ascended every high hill and gone under every green tree to prostitute herself there.
Your guilty acts have diverted these things from you. Your sins have withheld my bounty from you,
Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down. A wolf from arid plains will ravage them. A leopard stalks their cities. Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces because their rebellious acts are many, their unfaithful deeds numerous.
Why are we just sitting here? Gather together; let’s enter the fortified cities and perish there, for the Lord our God has destroyed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
Why have these people turned away? Why is Jerusalem always turning away? They take hold of deceit; they refuse to return.
But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I brought them out.
But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations they were living among, in whose sight I had made myself known to Israel by bringing them out of Egypt.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them. , Both Israel and Ephraim stumble because of their iniquity; even Judah will stumble with them.
Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, , yet they do not return to the Lord their God, and for all this, they do not seek him.
When the locusts finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said, ‘Lord God, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small? ’
Because I have sinned against him, I must endure the Lord’s fury until he champions my cause and establishes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see his salvation. ,
so that we who had already put our hope in Christ might bring praise to his glory.
to the praise of his glorious grace that he lavished on us in the Beloved One.
if I had not feared provocation from the enemy, or feared that these foes might misunderstand and say, “Our own hand has prevailed; it wasn’t the Lord who did all this.” ’
When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will you do about your great name? ’