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Jeremiah 14:7

NETBible	Then I said,¹ “O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name² even though our sins speak out against us.³ Indeed,⁴ we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.
NIV © biblegateway Jer 14:7	Although our sins testify against us, O LORD, do something for the sake of your name. For our backsliding is great; we have sinned against you.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 14:7	"Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for Your name’s sake! Truly our apostasies have been many, We have sinned against You.
NLT © biblegateway Jer 14:7	The people say, "LORD, our wickedness has caught up with us. We have sinned against you. So please, help us for the sake of your own reputation.
MSG © biblegateway Jer 14:7	We know we're guilty. We've lived bad lives--but do something, GOD. Do it for [your] sake! Time and time again we've betrayed you. No doubt about it--we've sinned against you.
BBE © SABDAweb Jer 14:7	Though our sins give witness against us, do something, O Lord, for the honour of your name: for again and again we have been turned away from you, we have done evil against you.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jer 14:7	Although our iniquities testify against us, act, O LORD, for your name’s sake; our apostasies indeed are many, and we have sinned against you.
NKJV © biblegateway Jer 14:7	O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, Do it for Your name’s sake; For our backslidings are many, We have sinned against You.
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KJV	O LORD <03068>_, though our iniquities <05771> testify <06030> (8804) against us, do <06213> (8798) thou [it] for thy name's <08034> sake: for our backslidings <04878> are many <07231> (8804)_; we have sinned <02398> (8804) against thee.
NASB © biblegateway Jer 14:7	"Although <0518> our iniquities <05771> testify <06030> against us, O LORD <03068> , act <06213> for Your name's <08034> sake <04616> ! Truly <03588> our apostasies <04878> have been <07231> many <07231> , We have sinned <02398> against You.
LXXM	ei <1487> CONJ ai <3588> T-NPF amartiai <266> N-NPF hmwn <1473> P-GP antesthsan {V-AAI-3P} hmin <1473> P-DP kurie <2962> N-VSM poihson <4160> V-AAD-2S hmin <1473> P-DP eneken {PREP} sou <4771> P-GS oti <3754> CONJ pollai <4183> A-NPF ai <3588> T-NPF amartiai <266> N-NPF hmwn <1473> P-GP enantion <1726> PREP sou <4771> P-GS oti <3754> CONJ soi <4771> P-DS hmartomen <264> V-AAI-1P
NET [draft] ITL	Then I said, “O Lord <03068> , intervene <06213> for <04616> the honor of your name <08034> even though <0518> our sins <05771> speak out <06030> against us. Indeed <03588> , we have turned away <04878> from you many times <07231> . We have sinned <02398> against you.
HEBREW	wnajx <02398> Kl <0> wnytbwsm <04878> wbr <07231> yk <03588> Kms <08034> Neml <04616> hve <06213> hwhy <03068> wnb <0> wne <06030> wnynwe <05771> Ma (14:7) <0518>

NETBible

Then I said,¹ “O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name² even though our sins speak out against us.³ Indeed,⁴ we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.

NET Notes

¹tn The words “Then I said” are not in the text. However, it cannot be a continuation of the Lord’s speech and the people have consistently refused to acknowledge their sin. The fact that the prayer here and in vv. 19-22 are followed by an address from God to Jeremiah regarding prayer (cf. 4:11 and the interchanges there between God and Jeremiah and 15:1) also argues that the speaker is Jeremiah. He is again identifying with his people (cf. 8:18-9:2). Here he takes up the petition part of the lament which often contains elements of confession of sin and statements of trust. In 14:1-6 God portrays to Jeremiah the people’s lamentable plight instead of their describing it to him. Here Jeremiah prays what they should pray. The people are strangely silent throughout.

²tn Heb “Act for the sake of your name.” The usage of “act” in this absolute, unqualified sense cf. BDB 794 s.v. עָוֹשָׂה Qal.I.r and compare the usage, e.g., in 1 Kgs 8:32 and 39. For the nuance of “for the sake of your name” compare the usage in Isa 48:9 and Ezek 20:9, 14.

³tn Or “bear witness against us,” or “can be used as evidence against us,” to keep the legal metaphor. Heb “testify against.”

⁴tn The Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) can scarcely be causal here; it is either intensive (BDB 472 s.v. כִּי 1.e) or concessive (BDB 473 s.v. כִּי 2.c). The parallel usage in Gen 18:20 argues for the intensive force as does the fact that the concessive has already been expressed by אִם (’im).