You said:\par ‘I am pure.\par I am innocent\par I did nothing wrong.\par I am not guilty!\par
Jeremiah 2:35 - Easy To Read Version But still, you say,\par ‘I am innocent.\par God is not angry with me.’\par So I will also judge you guilty \{of lying\}.\par Why? Because you say,\par ‘I have done nothing wrong.’\par 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. |
You said:\par ‘I am pure.\par I am innocent\par I did nothing wrong.\par I am not guilty!\par
A person that hides his sins will not be successful. But a person that confesses his sins and stops doing wrong will receive mercy.
Now those people say, “We stop eating food to show honor to you. Why don’t you see us? We hurt our bodies to show honor to you. Why don’t you notice us?”
“Jeremiah, you will tell the people of Judah these things. And the people will ask you, ‘Why has the Lord said these terrible things to us? What have we done wrong? What sin have we done against the Lord our God?’
“Judah, how can you say to me,\par ‘I am not guilty;\par I have not worshiped the Baal {\cf2\super [13]} idols’?\par Think about the things you did in the valley.\par Think about what you have done.\par You are like a fast she-camel\par that runs from place to place.\par
“Why do you argue with me?\par All of you have turned against me.”\par This message was from the Lord.\par
The Lord says,\par “So now I will accuse you again,\par And I will also accuse your grandchildren.\par
The noise spreads to all the people on earth.\par What is all the noise about?\par The Lord is punishing the people\par from all the nations.\par The Lord told his arguments\par against the people.\par He judged the people.\par And now he is killing the evil people\par with a sword.’”\par This message is from the Lord.\par
I will set my trap, and he will be caught in it. And I will bring him to Babylon and I will punish him in that place. I will punish him because he turned against me.
I was alive without the law before I knew the law. But when the law’s command came to me, then sin began to live.