20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
20 We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord, and the guilt of our ancestors; we have indeed sinned against you.
20 We acknowledge our wickedness, O Lord, and the iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against you.
20 We admit, O God, how bad we've lived, and our ancestors, how bad they were. We've sinned, they've sinned, we've all sinned against you!
20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness And the iniquity of our fathers, For we have sinned against You.
20 Lord, we confess our wickedness and that of our ancestors, too. We all have sinned against you.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 14:20
Commentary on Jeremiah 14:17-22
(Read Jeremiah 14:17-22)
Jeremiah acknowledged his own sins, and those of the people, but pleaded with the Lord to remember his covenant. In their distress none of the idols of the Gentiles could help them, nor could the heavens give rain of themselves. The Lord will always have a people to plead with him at his mercy-seat. He will heal every truly repenting sinner. Should he not see fit to hear our prayers on behalf of our guilty land, he will certainly bless with salvation all who confess their sins and seek his mercy.