Lamentations 5:7
Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Our fathers {H1} have sinned {H2398}, and are not {H369}; and we have borne {H5445} their iniquities {H5771}.
Our ancestors sinned and no longer exist; we bear the weight of their guilt.
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
Our fathers sinned, and are not; And we have borne their iniquities.
Cross-References
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Jeremiah 31:29 (11 votes)
In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. -
Jeremiah 16:12 (10 votes)
And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: -
Jeremiah 14:20 (9 votes)
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. -
Ezekiel 18:2 (9 votes)
What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? -
Exodus 20:5 (8 votes)
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God [am] a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation] of them that hate me; -
Jeremiah 31:15 (5 votes)
Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, [and] bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they [were] not. -
Genesis 42:36 (5 votes)
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against me.
Commentary
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