Jeremiah 2:34

Upon thy skirts is found the blood of the innocent poor, Whom thou didst not find committing violence.

Noyes Bible

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 trimmest thou thy way to seek love? On this account hast thou accustomed thy ways to wickedness.

35But notwithstanding all this, thou sayest, I am innocent; Surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, Because thou sayest, “I have not sinned.”

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Cross References

Psalms 106:37Their sons and their daughters they sacrificed to demons,

Isaiah 57:5Burning with lust for idols Under every green tree, Slaying children in the valleys, Under the clefts of the rocks?

Jeremiah 6:15Are they ashamed that they have done abominable things? Nay, they are not at all ashamed; They know not how to blush; Therefore shall they fall with them that fall; At the time when I punish them, They shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed, that they have done abominable things? Nay, they are not at all ashamed; They know not how to blush. Therefore shall they fall with them that fall; At the time when I punish them, They shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

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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