Jeremiah 14:20

20 cognovimus Domine impietates nostras iniquitatem patrum nostrorum quia peccavimus tibi

Jeremiah 14:20 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 14:20

We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of
our fathers
This is said by the prophet, in the name of the few faithful that were among this people, who were sensible of their own sins, the sins of their ancestors, and which they ingenuously confess; their fathers had sinned, and they had imitated them, and continued in the same, and therefore might justly expect the displeasure of the Lord, and his controversy with them: for we have sinned against thee;
( Jeremiah 14:7 ) .

Jeremiah 14:20 In-Context

18 si egressus fuero ad agros ecce occisi gladio et si introiero in civitatem ecce adtenuati fame propheta quoque et sacerdos abierunt in terram quam ignorabant

19 numquid proiciens abiecisti Iudam aut Sion abominata est anima tua quare ergo percussisti nos ita ut nulla sit sanitas expectavimus pacem et non est bonum et tempus curationis et ecce turbatio

20 cognovimus Domine impietates nostras iniquitatem patrum nostrorum quia peccavimus tibi

21 ne nos des in obprobrium propter nomen tuum neque facias nobis contumeliam solii gloriae tuae recordare ne irritum facias foedus tuum nobiscum

22 numquid sunt in sculptilibus gentium qui pluant aut caeli possunt dare imbres nonne tu es Domine Deus noster quem expectavimus tu enim fecisti omnia haec