Lamentations 3:42
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
Context
This verse from Lamentations Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The central and longest lament shifts to first-person male singular. The man has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath — led into darkness with no light, his flesh wasted, his way blocked with hewn stone. The famous pivot: …
Other Translations
We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned.
We--we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou--Thou hast not forgiven.
We have done wrong and gone against your law; we have not had your forgiveness.
Cross References
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would …
Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which …
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited …
He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the Lord thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the …
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: …
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a …
The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my …
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged …