King James Version (KJV)
Jeremiah 14:20
“We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.”
Verse in context — Jeremiah 14
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not.
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and [there is] no healing for us? we looked for peace, and [there is] no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, [and] the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
Do not abhor [us], for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
Are there [any] among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? [art] not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these [things].
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