Lamentations 5:7 meaning and explanation
Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
Lamentations 5:7, Berean Standard Bible
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The speaker is the community of Judah praying in the ruins of Jerusalem after the Babylonian destruction. In verse 7 they name a hard reality: the parents' generation has died, yet the survivors still carry the consequences of that sin.
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