Klaagliederen 5:7

7 Onze vaders hebben gezondigd, en zijn niet meer, en wij dragen hun ongerechtigheden.

Klaagliederen 5:7 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 5:7

Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not
In the world, as the Targum adds; they were in being, but not on earth; they were departed from hence, and gone into another world; and so were free from the miseries and calamities their children were attended with, and therefore more happy: and we have borne their iniquities;
the punishment of them, or chastisement for them: this is not said by way of complaint, much less as charging God with injustice, in punishing them for their fathers' sins, or to excuse theirs; for they were ready to own that they had consented to them, and were guilty of the same; but to obtain mercy and pity at the hands of God.

Klaagliederen 5:7 In-Context

5 Wij lijden vervolging op onze halzen; zijn wij woede, men laat ons geen rust.
6 Wij hebben den Egyptenaar de hand gegeven, en den Assyrier, om met brood verzadigd te worden.
7 Onze vaders hebben gezondigd, en zijn niet meer, en wij dragen hun ongerechtigheden.
8 Knechten heersen over ons; er is niemand, die ons uit hun hand rukke.
9 Wij moeten ons brood met gevaar onzes levens halen, vanwege het zwaard der woestijn.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.