Bible Verses Like Lamentations 5:7 - cross references and similar Bible verses related to Baruch 3:18 - Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities. But whatever changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for ever wise and holy, just and good; with Him there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. Lamentations 5:7. Our fathers, they sinned and are not; 7. Lamentations 5:7, CSB: "Our fathers sinned; … our own wood comes at a price. Nobis foret iucundias semel emori, quam vitara invitara vivere. 4 We pay money to drink our own water,. Thus the children might be said to bear the sins of the fathers, that is, in temporal punishment, for in no other way does God visit these upon the children. The terms unfolded, When in the depths of our distress the iniquities of our forefathers come to our remembrance, at once they aggravate our sins and augment our sorrows (2 Kings 22:13; Daniel 9:16; Jeremiah 14:19-20). “Delicta majorum immeritus lues, Romane.”, “Satis jampridem sanguine nostro For there are three that testify: 1 John 5:7(NASB) Verse Thoughts. our mothers are like widows. [This division separates verses closely allied. This was such a popular proverb in that day that it is also quoted in Jeremiah 31:29-30, and in a similar form in Lamentations 5:7. ii. Lamentations 4:21-22 invokes punishment upon Edom. borne their iniquities—that is, the punishment of them. 7. The later titling of the book of Lamentations relates to and stems from the Septuagint, an early Greek translation of the Hebrew Old Testament, wherein chosen was a Greek word meaning “lament.” The Greek word was transliterated from the Hebrew word ekah , which appears as the first word of 1:1, 2:1, and 4:1 in the book itself. But the meaning of Jeremiah was not this, but he simply intended to say that the people who had been long rebellious against God were already dead, and that it was therefore a suitable time for God to regard the miseries of their posterity. Thus they had to bear God’s judgment on both their father’s sins and their own. It was an acknowledgement that YHWH had a right to be angry because sin had been continual, and a recognition that sins pass on from father to children as the children copy their father. If any virtuous people were involved in common ruin, they bore it with resignation, and acknowledged that they had deserved it, 1 Esdras ix. Lamentations 5:7 Translation & Meaning. There is absolutely no way to understand the true meaning of the acrostics that are in Lamentations unless you have the means to understand what was written in the Massorah. (Read Lamentations 5:17-22) The people of God express deep concern for the ruins of the temple, more than for any other of their calamities. We gat our bread with the peril of our lives, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. As one paragraph ends with Lamentations 5:7, and another with Lamentations 5:16, Lamentations 5:8 begins a new paragraph. This seems to be the plain meaning of the present verse; and if so, it certainly gives no countenance to the interpretation in the note on chap. The terms unfolded, When in the depths of our distress the iniquities of our forefathers come to our remembrance, at once they aggravate our sins and augment our sorrows (2 Kings 22:13; Daniel 9:16; Jeremiah 14:19-20). And he says also in another place, “I will return into the bosom of children the iniquity of their fathers.” Children are many times executors, they enter upon their father’s sins, and you know that in justice the executor may be sued, the debtor being dead. They had their payment, but not comparable to ours, who have outsinned them, and do therefore justly bear the punishment of both their sins and our own too. 5. Who does Jeremiah try to repent for? 1 Remember, LORD, what has happened to us,. Lamentations 4:6 Translation & Meaning. The punishment which the Jewish nation had been meriting for a series of years came now upon them, because they copied and increased the sins of their fathers, and the cup of their iniquity was full. and we have borne their iniquities; the punishment of them, or chastisement for them: this is not said by way of complaint, much less as charging God with injustice, in punishing them for their fathers' sins, or to excuse theirs; for they were ready to own that they had consented to them, and were guilty of the same; but to obtain mercy and pity at the hands of God. 2. Who is Lamentations by? 6., and Esther xiv. Lamentations Chapter 1 Questions. King Manasseh had ruled the Southern Kingdom with great evil intentions and his rule set in motion the ultimate fall of the kingdom in 586 BC. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. We, their iniquities have we borne. Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. See Ezekiel 18:1, etc. Daniel speaks more fully when he says, “We have sinned, and our fathers, and our kings.” Our fathers have sinned, and are not.] ... from the Authorized King James Version of the Bible). For there are three that testify: 1 John 5:7(NASB) Verse Thoughts. They mean that the people of their age were wholly innocent, and seek in Asia and beyond the sea the cause of evils, as though they never had a sin at Rome. We have become fatherless,our mothers are widows. That house was the *temple. (Ezekiel 18:20.). Our fathers ... sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities - (Jeremiah 31:29, "The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge"). (Exodus 20:5.) This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Our fathers have sinned, and are not, and we have borne their iniquities. The longer heaven’s patience is abused, the greater and more dreadful is the wrath of God that is deserved (Romans 2:4-5; Romans 1:18; Jeremiah 49:9-11). 29. borne. Jeremiah had nothing farther from his purpose than to free the people from all blame, as though God had dealt cruelly with them, according to what is said by a heathen poet, —, “For the sins of the fathers thou undeservedly sufferest, O Roman!” (226), “Enough already by our blood Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, [and are] not; and we have borne their iniquities. The subject down to Lamentations 5:10 is chiefly related to sufferings connected with the want of the necessaries of life. They mean that the people of their age were wholly innocent, and seek in Asia and beyond the sea the cause of evils, as though they never had a sin at Rome. So when Christ is said to bear our sins, the same thing is meant. And when he says that the sons bore the iniquity of the fathers, though it be a strong expression, yet its meaning is not as though God had without reason punished their children and not their fathers; for unalterable is that declaration, “The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor the father the iniquity of the son; but the soul that sinneth it shall die.” By the time Jeremiah wrote this lament, he was well aware of the sins of the past fathers of Israel. But this was not a matter of excusing themselves. Lamentations 5:7, NLT: "Our ancestors sinned, but they have died--and we are suffering the punishment they deserved!" See Daniel 8:11; Daniel 8:27. The subject down to Lamentations 5:10 is chiefly related to sufferings connected with the want of the necessaries of life. This book shows Jeremiah as the _____ prophet. Lamentations 4:17-19 describes the attempts to escape Jerusalem into the hill country and the neighbouring nations. And are not; and we … - Or, they are not; “we have borne their iniquities.” Our fathers who began this national apostasy died before the hour of punishment. Lamentations 5:7. (7) We have borne their iniquities.—The words seem at first parallel to the proverb of the “sour grapes” in Jeremiah 31:29; Ezekiel 18:2. Lamentations 5:7 Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. Our fathers have sinned— That is, "Though our fathers have been guilty of great sins, they have died without signal punishment and calamities; which are come upon us their children, who thus bear the punishment of theirs, as well as of our own iniquities." Exemplary piety in the fathers makes an impression upon the children’s hearts (Zechariah 10:7). The present generation of Judeans was bearing the punishment for the sins that their fathers, who had long since died, had initiated. What does this verse really mean? But whatever changes there are on earth, God is still the same, and remains for ever wise and holy, just and good; with Him there is no variableness nor shadow of turning. See Ezekiel 2:3. The faithful, then, do not allege here their own innocency before God, as though they were blameless; but only mention that their fathers underwent a just punishment, for that whole generation had perished. Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. Study Ezekiel 18:1-2 - 'English: King James Version' translation alongside Salvation Based on Quality of Character and Lamentations 5:7 - 'English: King James Version' translation - Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. 8. Take us back, Hashem, to Yourself, And let us come back; Renew our days as of old!Lamentations 5:22. Ezekiel 18:2, etc.). (Jeremiah 32:18.). As one paragraph ends with Lamentations 5:7, and another with Lamentations 5:16, Lamentations 5:8 begins a new paragraph. In the world, as the Targum adds; they were in being, but not on earth; they were departed from hence, and gone into another world; and so were free from the miseries and calamities their children were attended with, and therefore more happy: and we have borne their iniquities; the punishment of them, or chastisement for them: this is not said by way of complaint, much less as charging God with injustice, in punishing them for their fathers' sins, or to excuse theirs; for they were ready to own that they had consented to them, and were guilty of the same; but to obtain mercy and pity at the hands of God. Lamentations 5:7 Translation & Meaning. [This division separates verses closely allied. The father’s piety is the child’s privilege (Psalms 116:16; Psalms 86:16; 1 Kings 8:23-25). 6. Heaven’s benediction descends from the parents to the children (Acts 2:39). 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