20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against you.


In Context

17 Therefore you shall say this word to them; Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

18 If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yes, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.

19 Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why have you smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against you.

21 Do not abhor us, for your name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, break not your covenant with us.

22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? are not you he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait on you: for you have made all these things.

Jeremiah 14:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:20O Lord , we acknowledge our wickedness and the guilt of our fathers; we have indeed sinned against you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:20We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, the iniquities of our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:20We acknowledge, O Jehovah, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20Jehovah, we acknowledge our wickedness, the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:20We have known, O Jehovah, our wickedness, The iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against Thee.