Lamentations 5:7
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Lamentations 5:7 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Lamentations 5:7 is a verse from the book of Lamentations in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Lamentations 5:7 — KJV
“Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.”
— Lamentations 5:7 (KJV)
Lamentations 5:7 in Context — About the Book of Lamentations
Lamentations is five funeral poems over fallen Jerusalem — grief given holy structure. At its exact center burns the flame the darkness never reaches: because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed; His mercies are new every morning. It teaches us to grieve with hope.
Cross-References for Lamentations 5:7
“And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:7: fathers, iniquities
“Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:7: fathers, iniquities
“And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. strangers: Heb. strange children”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:7: fathers, iniquities
“We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:7: fathers, sinned
“Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.”
Shares key themes with Lamentations 5:7: fathers, iniquities
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