Jeremiah 14:21 · KJV
“Do not abhor {us}, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.”
— Jeremiah 14:21
We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, {and} the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
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}.
Jeremiah 14 — Context
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!
20We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, {and} the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
21Do not abhor {us}, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
22Are 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}.
Cross References
Jeremiah 14:7
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.
Psalms 106:45
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
Jeremiah 3:17
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. {imagination: or, stubbornness}
Psalms 89:39-40
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown {by casting it} to the ground.
Ezekiel 36:22-23
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not {this} for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.
Jeremiah 17:12
A glorious high throne from the beginning {is} the place of our sanctuary.
Daniel 9:15-19
And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. {gotten...: Heb. made thee a name}
Ezekiel 7:20-22
As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations {and} of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. {set it far...: or, made it unto them an unclean thing}