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Jeremiah 14:7 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 14 · verse 7
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.Jeremiah 14:7 · King James Version
Jeremiah 14:7 in context
5Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass.
6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
7O 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.
8O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
9Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- backslidingsmᵉshûwbâhapostasyH4878 →
- iniquitiesʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- testifyʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- name'sshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- manyrâbabproperly, to cast togetherH7231 →
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The first verse is the title of the whole chapter: it does indeed all concern the dearth, but much of it consists of the prophet's prayers concerning it; yet these are not unfitly said to be, The word of the Lord which came to him concerning it, for every acceptable prayer is that which God puts into our hearts;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9