Lamentations 5:7
Lamentations · Old Testament · Chapter 5
“Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.”Lamentations 5:7
What Does Lamentations 5:7 Mean?
Lamentations 5:7 is found in the book of Lamentations, chapter 5, verse 7 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Sin.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Lamentations 5:7 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 16:12“And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me:”Ezekiel 18:2“What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?”Jeremiah 31:29“In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”Jeremiah 14:20“We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.”Exodus 20:5“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;”Genesis 42:36“And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.”Jeremiah 31:15“Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.”Matthew 23:32“Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.”Nehemiah 1:6“Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.”Job 7:21“And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.”Zechariah 1:2“The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers.”Genesis 42:13“And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.”Job 7:8“The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.”Jeremiah 3:25“We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”Ezekiel 18:19“Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.”Zechariah 1:5“Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?”2 Kings 22:13“Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us.”2 Chronicles 29:6“For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs.”2 Chronicles 29:9“For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.”Ezra 9:7“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.”
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