Jeremiah 14:21
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 in other translations
| BSB | For the sake of Your name do not despise us; do not disgrace Your glorious throne. Remember Your covenant with us; do not break it. |
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| WEB | Do not abhor us, for your name’s sake. Do not disgrace the throne of your glory. Remember, and don’t break your covenant with us. |
| ASV | Do not abhor us, for thy name’s sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. |
| YLT | Do not despise, for Thy name's sake, Dishonour not the throne of Thine honour, Remember, break not Thy covenant with us. |
| DARBY | For thy name's sake, do not spurn us, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. |
| BBE | Do not be turned from us in disgust, because of your name; do not put shame on the seat of your glory: keep us in mind, let not your agreement with us be broken. |
| Webster | Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. |
What does Jeremiah 14:21 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 14:17-22
Jeremiah acknowledged his own sins, and those of the people, but pleaded with the Lord to remember his covenant. In their distress none of the idols of the Gentiles could help them, nor could the heavens give rain of themselves. The Lord will always have a people to plead with him at his mercy-seat. He will heal every truly repenting sinner. Should he not see fit to hear our prayers on behalf of our guilty land, he…
Jeremiah 14:21 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 14:21
- Jeremiah 14:7
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.
- Psalms 106:45
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
- Jeremiah 3:17
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
- Psalms 89:39-40
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
- Daniel 9:15-19
And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake. O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. …
- Ezekiel 36:22-23
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, saith the Lord God, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
- Jeremiah 17:12
A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary.
- Lamentations 2:20
Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Ezekiel 7:20-22
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it.
- Luke 1:72
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
- Psalms 74:18-20
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
- Zechariah 11:10-11
And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
19; Le 26:11; De 32:19; Ps 51:11; 106:40; La 2:7; Am 6:8
for.
7; Ps 79:9,10; Eze 36:22,23; 39:25; Da 9:7,15-19; Eph 2:7
disgrace.
3:17; 17:12; Ps 74:3-7,20; 106:45; La 1:10; 2:6,7,20; Eze 7:20-22
Eze 24:21; 43:7; Da 8:11-13; Lu 21:24; Re 11:2
remember.
Ex 32:13; Le 26:42-45; Ps 74:2,18-20; 89:39,40; 106:45
Isa 64:9-12; Zec 11:10,11; Lu 1:72; Heb 8:6-13
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Context
- Jeremiah 14:20
We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
- Jeremiah 14:21
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 14:22
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.
Jeremiah 14:21 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por amor de tu nombre no nos deseches, ni trastornes el trono de tu gloria: acuérdate, no invalides tu pacto con nosotros. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | À cause de ton nom, ne nous dédaigne point, n’avilis pas le trône de ta gloire; souviens-toi, ne romps pas ton alliance avec nous. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Verschmähe uns nicht um deines Namens willen, entehre nicht den Thron deiner Herrlichkeit; gedenke, brich nicht deinen Bund mit uns! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ne des nos in opprobrium, propter nomen tuum, neque facias nobis contumeliam solii gloriæ tuæ: recordare, ne irritum facias fœdus tuum nobiscum. |