Jeremiah 14:21

The People Plead for Mercy

19 ^aHave You utterly rejected Judah?
Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that ^bthere is no healing for us?
^cWe looked for peace, but there was no good;
And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.

20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness
And the iniquity of our ^afathers,
For ^bwe have sinned against You.

21 Do not abhor us, for Your name’s sake;
Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory.
^aRemember, do not break Your covenant with us.

22 ^aAre there any among ^bthe idols of the nations that can cause ^crain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
^dAre You not He, O Lord our God?
Therefore we will wait for You,
Since You have made all these.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Jeremiah 14:21

Do not disgrace the throne of thy glory - The temple. Let not this sacred place be profaned by impious and sacrilegious hands.

Break not thy covenant - See Exodus 24:7, Exodus 24:8; Exodus 19:5. They had already broken the covenant, and they wish God to fulfill his part. They ceased to be his people, for they abandoned themselves to idolatry; and yet they wished Jehovah to be their Lord; to defend, support, and fill them with all good things! But when the conditions of a covenant are broken by one of the contracting parties, the other party is not bound; and the covenant is necessarily annulled.

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