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


In Context

17 And thou shalt say this word unto them: Let mine eyes run down with tears, night and day, and 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, behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, behold them that pine away with famine! For both prophet and priest shall go about into a land that they know not.

19 Hast thou then utterly rejected Judah? Doth thy soul loathe Zion? Why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? Peace is looked for, and there is no good, and a time of healing, and behold terror!

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

21 For thy name's sake, do not spurn us, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.

22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? Art not thou HE, Jehovah, our God? And we wait upon thee; for thou hast 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 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.

The American 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 you.