Lamentations 3:42 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

We have transgressed... — The verses that follow (Lamentations 3;42-47) give the prayer which answers to the call of Lamentations 3:41. Both pronouns are emphatic: The suppliant has sinned and God has not yet pardoned, in the sense of ceasing to punish.

Lamentations 3:42

42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.