“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”
Parallel translations
- WEB “We have transgressed and have rebelled. You have not pardoned.
- KJV We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
- NKJV We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.
- NASB We have done wrong and rebelled; You have not pardoned.
- NLT “We have sinned and rebelled, and you have not forgiven us.
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Quick answer
The people confess they have sinned and rebelled, and acknowledge God has not yet pardoned them.
Overview
This honest confession owns both transgression and rebellion as the cause of their suffering. The painful admission that 'You have not pardoned' expresses the felt weight of unforgiven sin and unresolved judgment. Such confession is the necessary prelude to grace, which is freely offered in Christ to all who repent (1 John 1:9).
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Cross-references · 11
- Jer 5:7–9“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
- Luke 15:18–19I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
- Neh 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
- Lam 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
- Jer 3:13Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
- 2 Kgs 24:4and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
- Ezek 24:13Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
- Lam 1:18The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men and maidens have gone into captivity.
- Zech 1:5Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?
- Job 33:27–28Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
- Dan 9:5–14we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.
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