Jeremiah 2:34

And in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent? not in ditches have I found them, but in all places, which I mentioned before.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

In Context

33Why dost thou endeavor to shew thy way good to seek my love, thou who has also taught thy malices to be thy ways,

35And thou hast said: I am without sin and am innocent: and therefore let thy anger be turned away from me. Behold, I will contend with thee in judgement, because thou hast said: I have not sinned.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:1If any man steal an ox or a sheep, and kill or sell it: he shall restore five oxen for one ox, and four sheep for one sheep.

2 Kings 21:16Moreover Manasses shed also very much innocent blood, till he filled Jerusalem up to the mouth: besides his sins, wherewith he made Juda to sin, to do evil before the Lord.

Psalms 106:37And they sacrificed their sons, and their daughters to devils.

Isaiah 57:5Who seek your comfort in idols under every green tree, sacrificing children in the torrents, under the high rocks?

Jeremiah 6:15They were confounded, because they commmitted abomination: yea, rather they were not confounded with confusion, and they knew not how to blush: wherefore they shall fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall fall down, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:12They are confounded, because they have committed abomination: yea rather they are not confounded with confusion, and they have not know how to blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:30-37

Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord . 30 In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. 31 O generation, see ye the word of the Lord . Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people… Read the whole commentary →

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