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Jeremiah 2:35
Jeremiah 2:35 is verse 35 of Jeremiah chapter 2, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
“Yet you said, ‘I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.’ “Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
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Jeremiah 2:33–37 · Berean Standard Bible
33 How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
34 Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
35 you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
36 How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.
37 Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Jeremiah 2:23“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
Jeremiah 2:29Why do you bring a case against Me? You have all rebelled against Me,” declares the LORD.
Job 33:9‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
Isaiah 58:3“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.
Romans 7:9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
Jeremiah 2:9Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.
1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 1:10If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.