Jeremiah 2:35 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised you claim, ‘I am innocent. His anger is sure to turn away from me.’ But I will certainly judge you because you have said, ‘I have not sinned.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet you keep saying, I am innocent; surely His anger has turned away from Me. Behold, I will bring you to judgment and will plead against you because you say, I have not sinned. American Standard Version (1901) Yet thou saidst, 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. Common English Bible you still insist, “I’m innocent; as a result he will turn his anger away from me.” Because you claim not to have sinned, I will pass judgment against you. Catholic Public Domain Version And you have said: 'I am innocent and without sin. And because of this, let your fury be turned away from me.' Behold, I will contend with you in judgment, because you have said: 'I have not sinned.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And 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. |
The one who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
‘Why have we fasted, but you have not seen? We have denied ourselves, but you haven’t noticed! ’ ‘Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast, and oppress all your workers.
‘When you tell these people all these things, they will say to you, “Why has the Lord declared all this terrible disaster against us? What is our iniquity? What is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God? ”
How can you protest, ‘I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals’? Look at your behaviour in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young camel twisting and turning on her way,
Why do you bring a case against me? All of you have rebelled against me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Therefore, I will bring a case against you again. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will bring a case against your children’s children.
The tumult reaches to the ends of the earth because the Lord brings a case against the nations. He enters into judgement with all humanity. As for the wicked, he hands them over to the sword – this is the Lord’s declaration.
I will spread my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgement on him there for the treachery he committed against me.
Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life again