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.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • 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.