Jeremiah 14:20 We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against you. Next to the merit of not sinning is confessing sin. A learned man has said, "The three hardest words in the English language are — 'I was mistaken.'" Frederick the Great wrote to the Senate: "I have just lost a great battle, and it was entirely my own fault." Goldsmith said, "This confession displayed more greatness than all his victories." Such a prompt acknowledgment of his fault recalls Bacon's course in more trying circumstances. "I do plainly and ingenuously confess," said the great Chancellor, "that I am guilty of corruption, and so renounce all defence. I beseech your lordships to be merciful to a broken reed. (A. T. Pierson.) Parallel Verses KJV: We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. |
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