Jeremiah 14:7

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“Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, Yahweh; for our rebellions are many. We have sinned against you.”

— WEB

“O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.”

— KJV

“Though our iniquities testify against us, work thou for thy name`s sake, O Jehovah; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.”

— ASV

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Psalms 25:11 "For your name’s sake, Yahweh, pardon my iniquity, for it is great."
Jeremiah 14:20-21 "We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against you."
Hosea 5:5 "The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them."
Jeremiah 5:6 "Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them, a wolf of the evenings will destroy them, a leopard will watch against their cities. E…"
Isaiah 59:12 "For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our ini…"
Jeremiah 2:19 "“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing, …"
Daniel 9:5-16 "we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your…"
Ezekiel 20:22 "Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sigh…"

Commentary

do thou it--what we beg of Thee; interpose to remove the drought. Jeremiah pleads in the name of his nation (Psa 109:21). So "work for us," absolutely used (Sa1 14:6). for thy name's sake--"for our backslidings are so many" that we cannot urge Thee for the sake of our doings, but for the glory of Thy name; lest, if Thou give us not aid, it should be said it was owing to Thy want of power (Jos 7:9; Psa 79:9; Psa 106:8; Isa 48:9; Eze 20:44). The same appeal to God's mercy, "for His name's sake," as our only hope, since our sin precludes trust in ourselves, occurs in Psa 25:11.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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