Jeremiah 14 · Verse 7

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.
Jeremiah 14:7, King James Version

Jeremiah 14:7 in other translations

BSBAlthough our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.
WEBThough our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, LORD; for our rebellions are many. We have sinned against you.
ASVThough our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name’s sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
YLTSurely our iniquities have testified against us, O Jehovah, work for Thy name's sake, For many have been our backslidings, Against Thee we have sinned.
DARBYJehovah, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou act for thy name's sake; for our backslidings are many — we have sinned against thee.
BBEThough our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.
WebsterO 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.

What does Jeremiah 14:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. do thou it--what we beg of Thee; interpose to remove the drought. Jeremiah pleads in the name of his nation (Psa 109:21). So "work for us," absolutely used (1Sa 14:6). for thy name's sake--"for our backslidings are so many" that we cannot urge Thee for the sake of our doings, but for the glory of Thy name; lest, if Thou give us not aid, it should be said it was owing to Thy want of power (Jos 7:9; Psa 79:9; 106:8; Is 48:9; Eze 20:44). The same appeal to God's mercy, "for His name's sake," as our only hope, since our sin precludes trust in ourselves, occurs in Psa 25:11.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us - We deeply acknowledge that we have sinned, and deserve nothing but death. Yet act for thy name's sake - work in our behalf, that we perish not.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 14:1-9

A drought upon the land of Judah. (Jr 14:1-7) A confession of sin in the name of the people. (Jr 14:8-9) The Divine purpose to punish is declared. (Jr 14:10-16) The people supplicate. (Jr 14:17-22) Verses 1-9 The people were in tears. But it was rather the cry of their trouble, and of their sin, than of their prayer. Let us be thankful for the mercy of water, that we may not be taught to value it by feeling the want…

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Jeremiah 14:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אִם\־'im-thoughH518
עֲוֹנֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.vo.Nei.nuiniquities ourH5771
עָ֣נוּ'A.nuthey have testifiedH6030
בָ֔נוּVa.nuagainst <the> us
יְהוָ֕הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
עֲשֵׂ֖ה'a.SehactH6213
לְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anfor [the] sake ofH4616
שְׁמֶ֑ךָshe.Me.khaname yourH8034
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
רַבּ֥וּra.Buthey are manyH7231
מְשׁוּבֹתֵ֖ינוּme.shu.vo.Tei.nuapostasies ourH4878
לְךָ֥le.Khato <the> you
חָטָֽאנוּ\׃cha.Ta.nuwe have sinnedH2398

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 14:7

  • Psalms 25:11

    For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.

  • Hosea 5:5

    And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

  • Jeremiah 14:20-21

    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.

  • Jeremiah 5:6

    Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

  • Isaiah 59:12

    For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

  • Daniel 9:5-16

    We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. …

  • Jeremiah 2:19

    Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

  • Ephesians 1:6

    To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

  • Nehemiah 9:33-34

    Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

  • Ephesians 1:12

    That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

  • Daniel 9:18-19

    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. O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

  • Hosea 7:10

    And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek him for all this.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
though.
Isa 59:12; Ho 5:5; 7:10
do.
20,21; De 32:27; Jos 7:9; Ps 25:11; 115:1; Eze 20:9,14,22
Da 9:9,18,19; Eph 1:6,12
for our.
2:19; 3:6; 5:6; Ezr 9:6,7,15; Ne 9:33,34; Da 9:5-16

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Context

  • Jeremiah 14:6

    And 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.

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 14:8

    O 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?

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Jeremiah 14:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Si nuestras iniquidades testifican contra nosotros, oh Jehová, haz por amor de tu nombre; porque nuestras rebeliones se han multiplicado, contra ti pecamos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Éternel! si nos iniquités rendent témoignage contre nous, agis à cause de ton nom; car nos infidélités sont multipliées, nous avons péché contre toi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn unsere Missetaten wider uns zeugen, Jehova, so handle um deines Namens willen; denn viele sind unserer Abtrünnigkeiten, gegen dich haben wir gesündigt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si iniquitates nostræ responderint nobis, Domine, fac propter nomen tuum: quoniam multæ sunt aversiones nostræ: tibi peccavimus.