O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us That we deserve such judgments to be inflicted on us; and that God is righteous in bringing them.

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.

NIV Although our sins testify against us, do something, Lord, for the sake of your name. For we have often rebelled; we have sinned against you.

Once God is active in punishment, the only way out comes from God. That is what is being pleaded here, and the plea is rejected by God. God is, in this text, ...

Sin is humbly confessed. When we come to pray for the preventing or removing of any judgment we must always acknowledge that our iniquities testify against us.

Jeremiah articulates a genuine confession of sin while expressing a longing for divine intervention, urging God not to forsake His people.

It is a metaphor taken from judicatories, in which witnesses being in a process, and questions being put to them, they answer, and testify against the guilty.

7 Although our sins testify against us, do something, LORD, for the sake of your name. For we have often rebelled; we have sinned against you. 8 You who are the ...

The text interprets this natural disaster as God's punishment of Judah for its sins. The people are depicted as pleading with God to forgive them. “We ...

Jeremiah 14:7 is a powerful expression of repentance, humility, and dependence on God's mercy and grace.