and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed—for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood that Adonai was not willing to pardon.
Lamentations 3:42 - Tree of Life Version We have transgressed and rebelled— You have not pardoned. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 We have transgressed and have rebelled: Thou hast not pardoned. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition We have transgressed and rebelled and You have not pardoned. American Standard Version (1901) We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned. Common English Bible We are the ones who did wrong; we rebelled. But you, God, have not forgiven. Catholic Public Domain Version NUN. We have acted sinfully, and we have provoked to wrath. About this, you are relentless. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Nun. We have done wickedly and provoked thee to wrath: therefore thou art inexorable. |
and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed—for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood that Adonai was not willing to pardon.
I prayed, “O my God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my God! For our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens.
“Nonetheless they became contentious and rebelled against You. They cast Your Torah behind their back. They killed Your prophets who warned them to return to You; they committed appalling blasphemies.
We acknowledge our wickedness, Adonai, the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You.
Only acknowledge your iniquity. For you sinned against Adonai your God and scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree. You have not obeyed My voice.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
“Adonai is righteous, for I have rebelled against His word. Hear now, all peoples— look at my suffering! My maidens and my young men have gone into captivity.
Because of your filthy obscenity, though I tried to purify you yet you were not made pure, you will never be cleansed from your filth until I have satisfied My fury on you.
“‘So now, Adonai Eloheinu, who brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and made for Yourself a Name to this day—we have sinned, we have acted wickedly.
“Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
But My words and My decrees, which I commanded My servants the prophets—did they not overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said ‘As He determined, Adonai-Tzva’ot has dealt with us according to our ways and our deeds.’”