Verse 8

O LORD, shame covers us—our kings, our rulers, and our ancestors—because we have sinned against You.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 14:20 : 20 We acknowledge, LORD, our wickedness and the guilt of our ancestors; indeed, we have sinned against You.
  • Lam 1:7-8 : 7 In the days of her affliction and wandering, Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into the hand of the enemy, there was no one to help her. Her enemies saw her and mocked her downfall. 8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly and so has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
  • Lam 1:18 : 18 The LORD is righteous, for I have rebelled against his word. Listen, all you peoples; look at my suffering. My young women and my young men have gone into captivity.
  • Lam 3:42 : 42 We have transgressed and rebelled, and You have not forgiven.
  • Lam 5:16 : 16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
  • Dan 9:6-7 : 6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, our ancestors, and to all the people of the land. 7 Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but shame covers our faces today—to the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where You have driven them because of their unfaithfulness to You.