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Jeremiah 14:21 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 14 · verse 21
Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.Jeremiah 14:21 · King James Version
Jeremiah 14:21 in context
19Hast 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!
20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
21Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
22Are 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- disgracenâbêlto wiltH5034 →
- rememberzâkarproperly, to markH2142 →
- name'sshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- thronekiççêʼproperly, coveredH3678 →
- abhornâʼatsto scornH5006 →
- glorykâbôwdproperly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessH3519 →
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The present deplorable state of Judah and Jerusalem is here made the matter of the prophet's lamentation (Jer 14:17, Jer 14:18) and the occasion of his prayer and intercession for them (Jer 14:19), and I am willing to hope that the latter, as well as the former, was by divine direction, and that these words (Jer…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-22