How can you say, “I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baals”? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done: a restive young camel interlacing her tracks,
Jeremiah 2:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Why do you complain against me? You have all rebelled against me, says the Lord. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why do you complain and remonstrate against My wrath? You all have rebelled and revolted against Me, says the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah. Common English Bible Why would you bring charges against me? You have all rebelled against me, declares the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version Why do you want to contend against me in judgment? You have all forsaken me, says the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why will you contend with me in judgement? You have all forsaken me, saith the Lord. |
How can you say, “I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baals”? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done: a restive young camel interlacing her tracks,
you say, “I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.” Now I am bringing you to judgment for saying, “I have not sinned.”
Look up to the bare heights and see! Where have you not been lain with? By the waysides you sat waiting for lovers, like a nomad in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitutions and wickedness.
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look around and take note! Search its squares and see if you can find one person who acts justly and seeks truth— so that I may pardon Jerusalem.
For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
“All Israel has transgressed your law and turned aside, refusing to obey your voice. So the curse and the oath written in the law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out upon us because we have sinned against you.
Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.