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For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
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The Unavoidable Witness of Conscience
Commentators explain that when the people say "our sins testify against us," they are admitting their own conscience condemns them. God doesn't need external proof. As John Calvin notes, their sins hold them "sufficiently convicted," making any excuses before God futile. Their guilt is undeniable and inescapable because it is "with us."
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Our sins testify against us - Hebrew, ‘Answer against us.’ The idea is that their past lives had been so depraved that they became witnesses…
19th Century
Anglican
For our transgressions ... —The parallelism with the confessions of Daniel (Daniel 9:5–15) and Ezra (…
16th Century
Protestant
For our iniquities are multiplied before thee. He confirms what he previously said, namely, that the people act unjustly in accusing God o…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For our transgressions are multiplied before you Not only an increase of immorality among the people in common, but …
If we shut our eyes against the light of Divine truth, it is just of God to hide from our eyes the things that belong to our peace. The sins of tho…
13th Century
Catholic
Behold, the hand of the Lord is not shortened. Here the prophet presents the preparation for receiving salvation on the part of …
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