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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 14:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 14:7 |
Strong Concordance |
O LORD [03068], though our iniquities [05771] testify [06030] against us, do [06213] thou it for thy name's [08034] sake: for our backslidings [04878] are many [07231]; we have sinned [02398] against thee. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Do thou it - Rather, "deal thou, act thou for Thy Name's sake, i. e., not according to the strict measure of right and wrong, but as a God merciful and gracious. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The prayer. - Jer 14:7. "If our iniquities testify against us, O Jahveh, deal Thou for Thy name's sake, for many are our backslidings; against Thee have we sinned. Jer 14:8. Thou hope of Israel, his Saviour in time of need, why wilt Thou be as a stranger in the land, like a wayfarer that hath put up to tarry for a night? Jer 14:9. Why wilt Thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot help, and yet Thou art in the midst of us, Jahveh, and Thy name is named upon us - O leave us not!"
The prophet utters this prayer in the name of his people (cf. Jer 14:11). It begins with confession of sore transgression. Thus the chastisement which has befallen them they have deserved as a just punishment; but the Lord is besought to help for His name's sake, i.e., not: "for the sake of Thy honour, with which it is not consistent that contempt of Thy will should go unpunished" (Hitz.). This interpretation suits neither the idea of the name of God nor the context. The name of God is the manifestation of God's being. From Moses' time on, God, as Jahveh, has revealed Himself as the Redeemer and Saviour of the children of Israel, whom He had adopted to be His people, and as God, who is merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and of great goodness and faithfulness (Exo 34:6). As such He is besought to reveal Himself now that they confess their backsliding and sin, and seek His grace. Not for the sake of His honour in the eyes of the world, lest the heathen believe He has no power to help, as Graf holds, for all reference to the heathen nations is foreign to this connection; but He is entreated to help, not to belie the hope of His people, because Israel sets its hope in Him as Saviour in time of need (Jer 14:9). If by withholding rain He makes His land and people to pine, then He does not reveal Himself as the lord and owner of Judah, not as the God that dwells amidst His people; but He seems a stranger passing through the land, who sets up His tent there only to spend the night, who "feels no share in the weal and woe of the dwellers therein" (Hitz.). This is the meaning of the question in Jer 14:8. The ancient expositors take נטה elliptically, as in Gen 12:8 : that stretches out His tent to pass the night. Hitz., again, objects that the wayfarer does not drag a tent about with him, and, like Ew., takes this verb in the sense of swerve from the direct route, cf. Sa2 2:19, Sa2 2:21, etc. But the reason alleged is not tenable; since travellers did often carry their tents with them, and נטה, to turn oneself, is not used absolutely in the sig. to turn aside from the way, without the qualification: to the right or to the left. סוּר is in use for to turn aside to tarry, to turn in, Jer 15:5. We therefore abide by the old interpretation, since "swerve from the way" has here no suitable meaning. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Testify - That thou art righteous in what thou hast done. Do thou it - Do thou what we stand in need of; give us rain, though not for our sake, we deserve no such kindness from thee, yet for thy names sake: thy promise, or for thine honour and glory. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us - We deeply acknowledge that we have sinned, and deserve nothing but death. Yet act for thy name's sake - work in our behalf, that we perish not. |
11 For thy name's [08034] sake, O LORD [03068], pardon [05545] mine iniquity [05771]; for it is great [07227].
44 And ye shall know [03045] that I am the LORD [03068], when I have wrought [06213] with you for my name's [08034] sake, not according to your wicked [07451] ways [01870], nor according to your corrupt [07843] doings [05949], O ye house [01004] of Israel [03478], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069].
9 For my name's [08034] sake will I defer [0748] mine anger [0639], and for my praise [08416] will I refrain [02413] for thee, that I cut thee not off [03772].
8 Nevertheless he saved [03467] them for his name's [08034] sake, that he might make his mighty power [01369] to be known [03045].
9 Help [05826] us, O God [0430] of our salvation [03468], for [01697] the glory [03519] of thy name [08034]: and deliver [05337] us, and purge away [03722] our sins [02403], for thy name's [08034] sake.
9 For the Canaanites [03669] and all the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776] shall hear [08085] of it, and shall environ us round [05437], and cut off [03772] our name [08034] from the earth [0776]: and what wilt thou do [06213] unto thy great [01419] name [08034]?
6 And Jonathan [03083] said [0559] to the young man [05288] that bare [05375] his armour [03627], Come [03212], and let us go over [05674] unto the garrison [04673] of these uncircumcised [06189]: it may be that the LORD [03068] will work [06213] for us: for there is no restraint [04622] to the LORD [03068] to save [03467] by many [07227] or by few [04592].
21 But do [06213] thou for me, O GOD [03069] the Lord [0136], for thy name's [08034] sake: because thy mercy [02617] is good [02896], deliver [05337] thou me.
5 For who shall have pity [02550] upon thee, O Jerusalem [03389]? or who shall bemoan [05110] thee? or who shall go aside [05493] to ask [07592] how thou doest [07965]?
21 And Abner [074] said [0559] to him, Turn thee aside [05186] to thy right hand [03225] or to thy left [08040], and lay thee hold [0270] on one [0259] of the young men [05288], and take [03947] thee his armour [02488]. But Asahel [06214] would [014] not turn aside [05493] from following [0310] of him.
19 And Asahel [06214] pursued [07291] after [0310] Abner [074]; and in going [03212] he turned [05186] not to the right hand [03225] nor to the left [08040] from following [0310] Abner [074].
8 And he removed [06275] from thence unto a mountain [02022] on the east [06924] of Bethel [01008], and pitched [05186] his tent [0168], having Bethel [01008] on the west [03220], and Hai [05857] on the east [06924]: and there he builded [01129] an altar [04196] unto the LORD [03068], and called [07121] upon the name [08034] of the LORD [03068].
8 O the hope [04723] of Israel [03478], the saviour [03467] thereof in time [06256] of trouble [06869], why shouldest thou be as a stranger [01616] in the land [0776], and as a wayfaring man [0732] that turneth aside [05186] to tarry for a night [03885]?
9 Why shouldest thou be as a man [0376] astonied [01724], as a mighty man [01368] that cannot [03201] save [03467]? yet thou, O LORD [03068], art in the midst [07130] of us, and we are called [07121] by thy name [08034]; leave [03240] us not.
6 And the LORD [03068] passed by [05674] before him [06440], and proclaimed [07121], The LORD [03068], The LORD [03068] God [0410], merciful [07349] and gracious [02587], longsuffering [0750] [0639], and abundant [07227] in goodness [02617] and truth [0571],
11 Then said [0559] the LORD [03068] unto me, Pray [06419] not for this people [05971] for their good [02896].
9 Why shouldest thou be as a man [0376] astonied [01724], as a mighty man [01368] that cannot [03201] save [03467]? yet thou, O LORD [03068], art in the midst [07130] of us, and we are called [07121] by thy name [08034]; leave [03240] us not.
8 O the hope [04723] of Israel [03478], the saviour [03467] thereof in time [06256] of trouble [06869], why shouldest thou be as a stranger [01616] in the land [0776], and as a wayfaring man [0732] that turneth aside [05186] to tarry for a night [03885]?
7 O LORD [03068], though our iniquities [05771] testify [06030] against us, do [06213] thou it for thy name's [08034] sake: for our backslidings [04878] are many [07231]; we have sinned [02398] against thee.