21Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.
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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.
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
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.
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. …
Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-22)The present deplorable state of Judah and Jerusalem is here made the matter of the prophet’s lamentation ( Jer. 14:17 , 18 ) and the occasion of his prayer and intercession for them (Jer. 14:19), and I am willing to hope that the latter, as well as the former, was by divine direction, and that these words (Jer. 14:17), Thus shalt thou say unto them (or concerning them , or in their hearing ), refe…
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