How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Ba´alim? See thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Jeremiah 2:29 - King James Version - American Edition Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Ba´alim? See thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
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.
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lain with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.