Verse 20

Jeremiah 14:20

Literal Standard Version

20 We have known, O YHWH, our wickedness, || The iniquity of our fathers, || For we have sinned against You.

Original Language Text

hebrew

יָדַ֧עְנוּ יְהוָ֛ה רִשְׁעֵ֖/נוּ עֲוֺ֣ן אֲבוֹתֵ֑י/נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָ֖אנוּ לָֽ/ךְ

English Translation

We have known, O Lord, our wickedness, the iniquity of our ancestors, for we have sinned against You.

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Chapter 14 Context

1 That which has been the word of YHWH to Jeremiah concerning the matters of the scarcities: Focus ↗

2 “Judah has mourned, and her gates have languished, || They have mourned to the earth, || And the cry... Focus ↗

3 And their majestic ones have sent their little ones to the water, || They have come to ditches, || T... Focus ↗

4 Because the ground has been broken, || For there has been no rain in the land, || Farmers have been... Focus ↗

5 For even the doe in the field has brought forth—to forsake it! || For there has been no grass. Focus ↗

6 And wild donkeys have stood on high places, || They have swallowed up wind like dragons, || Their ey... Focus ↗

7 Surely our iniquities have testified against us, || O YHWH, work for Your Name’s sake, || For our ba... Focus ↗

8 O Hope of Israel—its Savior in time of trouble, || Why are You as a sojourner in the land? And as a... Focus ↗

9 Why are You as one mute? As a mighty one not able to save? And You are in our midst, O YHWH, || And... Focus ↗

10 Thus said YHWH concerning this people: “They have loved to wander well, || They have not restrained... Focus ↗

11 And YHWH says to me: “You do not pray for this people for good. Focus ↗

12 When they fast, I do not listen to their cry, and when they cause burnt-offering and present to asce... Focus ↗

13 And I say, “Aah! Lord YHWH, behold, the prophets are saying to them: You do not see a sword, indeed,... Focus ↗

14 And YHWH says to me: “The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My Name. I did not send them, nor co... Focus ↗

15 Therefore, thus said YHWH concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My Name and I have not sent... Focus ↗

16 And the people to whom they are prophesying are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, because of the fa... Focus ↗

17 And you have said this word to them: Tears come down my eyes night and day, || And they do not cease... Focus ↗

18 If I have gone forth to the field, || Then, behold, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered... Focus ↗

19 Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You struck us, || And there is... Focus ↗

20 We have known, O YHWH, our wickedness, || The iniquity of our fathers, || For we have sinned against...

21 Do not despise, for Your Name’s sake, || Do not dishonor the throne of Your glory, || Remember, do n... Focus ↗

22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Are Y... Focus ↗

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