Lamentations 5:7

“Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.”

"Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities." - Lamentations 5:7
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What does Lamentations 5:7 mean?

The verse Lamentations 5:7 from the King James Version of the Bible reads, "Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities." This verse comes from the book of Lamentations, which is a collection of poetic laments mourning the destruction of Jerusalem in…

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Bearing the Burden: Understanding the Legacy of Sin

Lamentations 5:7 states, "Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities." This poignant verse encapsulates the idea of generational consequences, exploring how the actions of one generation can significantly impact the next. As we delve deeper into…

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A Prayer of Confession and Restoration

Dear Heavenly Father, We come before You in humility and reverence, acknowledging the weight of the words from Lamentations 5:7, "Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities." It is with heavy hearts that we reflect on the generations that have gone…

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Lamentations 5:7 - "Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities."
Lamentations 5:5 - "Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest."
Lamentations 5:11 - "They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah."
Lamentations 5:3 - "We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows."
Lamentations 5:2 - "Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens."
Lamentations 5:17 - "For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim."
Lamentations 5:15 - "The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning."
Lamentations 5:18 - "Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it."
Lamentations 5:6 - "We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread."
Lamentations 5:10 - "Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine."
Lamentations 5:13 - "They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood."
Lamentations 5:12 - "Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured."
Lamentations 3:5 - "He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail."
Lamentations 5:14 - "The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick."
Lamentations 5:9 - "We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness."
Lamentations 5:19 – "You, Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation."
Lamentations 5:19 - "Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation."
"Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest." - Lamentations 5:5
Lamentations 5:8 - "Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand."
Lamentations 5:1 - "Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach."
Lamentations 5:22 - "But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us."
Lamentations 4:5 - "They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills."
Lamentations 5:4 - "We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us."
Lamentations 5:20 - "Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time?"
Lamentations 5:16 - "The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!"
"We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows." - Lamentations 5:3
"They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah." - Lamentations 5:11
Lamentations 5:21 - "Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old."
Lamentations 2:5 - "The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation."