Jeremiah 14:7

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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.

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Lord, we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you.

But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say, "Our power is great, and the Lord has not done all this!"'

When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?"

For the sake of your reputation, O Lord, forgive my sin, because it is great.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness.

I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations among whom they lived, before whom I revealed myself by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.

Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

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Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me," says the Lord God who rules over all.

When Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord said to me, "Jeremiah, you have no doubt seen what wayward Israel has done. You have seen how she went up to every high hill and under every green tree to give herself like a prostitute to other gods.

So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.

I prayed, "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.

You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. It is we who have been in the wrong!

we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards.