Lamentations 5:7
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.”
סָבַל
To bear, to carry, to lift. Cabal. He has carried our sorrows. The image is of someone stooping under a heavy load. Jesus stooped under the weight of everything we carry.
חָטָא
they sinned
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חָטָא
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
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עָוֺן
iniquities/ their
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עָוֺן
Iniquity, guilt, punishment. Avon. He forgives all your iniquity. God does not just forgive the act. He removes the guilt and the punishment.
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