Jeremias 14:20

20 We know, O Lord, our sins, the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before thee.

Jeremias 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 ) .

Jeremias 14:20 In-Context

18 If I go forth into the plain, then behold the slain by the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold the distress of famine! for priest and prophet have gone to a land which they knew not.

19 Hast thou utterly rejected Juda? and has thy soul departed from Sion? wherefore has thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we waited for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, and behold trouble!

20 We know, O Lord, our sins, the iniquities of our fathers: for we have sinned before thee.

21 Refrain for thy name's sake, destroy not the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

22 Is there any one among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness ? Art not thou he? we will even wait on thee, O Lord: for thou hast made all these things.