Jeremiah 14:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. ”

• Jeremiah 14:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  A second (compare Jeremiah 14:7-9 ) earnest intercession, acknowledging the wickedness of the nation, but appealing to the covenant and to God’s Almighty power. Lothed - More exactly, “hath th...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  We (o) acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. (o) He teaches the Church a form of prayer to humble themselves to God by true repenta...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Jeremiah 14:1 to Jeremiah 15:9 . The Drought in Judah, and Jeremiah's consequent Intercession. The date of this disaster is unknown, but some year in the latter half of Jehoiakim's reign is most...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  We acknowledge. These are the prophet's words. wickedness . lawlessness. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44. Not the same word as in Jeremiah 14:16 . iniquity. Hebrew. 'avon. App-44.

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  The Prophet here prescribes no doubt to the Jews the way of appeasing God. He before uttered a prayer, partly in order to reprove the people for their wicked obstinacy, and partly to shew to th...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1053 HOW TO PLEAD WITH GOD 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’...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness - This the prophet did in behalf of the people; but,...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness - ( Daniel 9:8 ).

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1-6. Description of the drought.

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And the iniquity. — The insertion of the conjunction weakens the force of the original. The wickedness which Israel confesses is the iniquity of its fathers, inherited, accepted, on the way to be p...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1-22 ; Jeremiah 15:1-21 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up i...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  We now come to the second division of the Book, that containing the account of the prophet's ministry. This falls into three sections: prophecies before the fall of Jerusalem (14-39), prophecies afte...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Faithful ministers cannot but feel grief at the conduct of false teachers, who prophecy smooth things, and prophecy deceit. Jeremiah had to encounter with many in his days, of this description and no...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. Ver. 20. We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness. ] We, the better sort of us, do so. And...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? The prophet again returns to God, and expostulates with him, humbly imploring mercy for his people, which shows that he did not understand God's words to him, ( J...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Prophet's Intercession. B. C. 606.       17 Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  That is, both we and our fathers have sinned against thee, and have given thee a right to punish and destroy its; we desire not to cover or cloak our sin, we own and acknowledge it.

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. This and chapter 15 form one prophecy (although Lange, Keil, and others connect Chapter s 14 to 17, regarding them as interwoven and syn...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  In some respects, Jeremiah is one of the greatest of the ancient prophets, for he had most sorrowful task to perform. He had not to deliver a message full of Evangelical comfort, like that of Isaiah;...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jeremiah 14:3 . They found no water. The latter rain had been denied, as in Jeremiah 3:3 ; and as Moses had foretold. Deuteronomy 11:17 ; Deuteronomy 28:23 . Jeremiah, as is the duty of all min...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness. Frank acknowledgment of guilt Next to the merit of not sinning is confessing sin. A learned man has said, “The three hardest words in the English languag...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This chapter must be read in connection with the following one. They describe chiefly Jeremiah's twofold attempt at intercession (see verses 7-9 and 19-22)—a tender and appealing atte...

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Prophet again Intercedes

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• Jeremiah 14:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 1:7-9 ; 2 Samuel 12:13 ; 2 Samuel 24:10 ; Daniel 9:5-8 ; Ezra 9:6 ; Ezra 9:7 ; Jeremiah 3:13 ; Jeremiah 3:25 ; Job 33:27 ; Leviticus 26:40-42 ; Luke 15:18-21 ; Nehemiah 9:2 ; Psal...

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