King James Version
Jeremiah 14:20 in the King James Version says “We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.”
Jeremiah 14:20 · KJV
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not. go about: or, make merchandise against a land, and men acknowledge it not
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“We acknowledge”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
“of our fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for we have sinned”
H2398properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
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