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 - Revised Standard Version “Why do you complain against me? You have all rebelled against me, says 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 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.’ Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, ‘I have not sinned.’
Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers like an Arab in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your vile harlotry.
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth; that I may pardon her.
“For from the least to the greatest of them, every one is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, every one deals falsely.
All Israel has transgressed thy law and turned aside, refusing to obey thy voice. And the curse and oath which are written in the law of Moses the servant of God have been poured out upon us, because we have sinned against him.
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.