Lamentations 3:42 meaning and explanation
“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”
Lamentations 3:42, Berean Standard Bible
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These words come from the communal prayer that the poet leads in Lamentations 3, spoken by the survivors of Jerusalem's destruction. After calling the people to examine their ways and lift their hearts to God (verses 40 and 41), the prayer opens with an honest confession: "We have sinned and rebelled." The second line is stark, and the Hebrew allows more than one reading.
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