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Jeremiah 2:35

Yet you say, 'I am innocent; surely his anger has turned away from me.' 1 But look! I will bring down judgment on you because you say, 'I have not sinned.' 1

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In The King James Version

Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

In Context

34The blood that was the life of innocent, poor people has been found on your clothes. 1 These people were not discovered in acts of burglary. 1

36Why do you treat so very lightly this change in your ways? 1 You will also be disappointed by Egypt, just as you were by Assyria. 1

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Cross References

Job 33:9'I am clean and without transgression; 1 I am innocent, and there is no sin in me. 1

Isaiah 58:3'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'but you do not see it? Why have we humbled ourselves, but you do not notice?' 1 Look, on the day of your fast you find your own pleasure and oppress all your laborers. 1

Jeremiah 2:23How can you say, 'I am not defiled! I have not walked after the Baals'? 1 Look at what you did in the valleys! Consider what you have done—you are a swift female camel running here and there, 1

Jeremiah 16:10Then it will happen that you will report all these words to this people, and they will say to you, 'Why has Yahweh decreed all this great disaster against us? What is our iniquity and sin that we sinned against Yahweh our God?'

Romans 7:9At one time I was alive without the law, but when the commandment came, sin regained life, and I died.

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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