Jeremiah 14:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O Lord, &c. The prophet, having described their misery both in its cause, the drought, and the effects produced thereby, here applies himself to God, who alone could remove it, confessing that their many and great sins and backslidings had well deserved to be thus severely scourged. Though our iniquities testify against us That thou art righteous in what thou hast done, and make it evident that we have merited the most dreadful judgments thy wrath can inflict; yet do thou it Do thou what we stand in need of; give us rain, though not for our sake, we deserve no such kindness from thee, yet for thy name's sake; for the sake of thy word and promise, by which thou engagest to hear the prayers of thy people in their distress, Psalms 50:15, and for thine honour and glory.