Jeremiah 2:35

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

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.”

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
KJV: 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.
WEB: “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.’
ASV: 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.
DARBY: And thou sayest, Indeed I am innocent; his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
BLB: you also say ‘Because I am innocent, surely His anger has turned away from me.’ Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

ÅB: Og allikevel sier du: Jeg er uskyldig, vreden hans har vendt seg fra meg. Se, jeg vil gå i rette med deg fordi du sier: Jeg har ikke syndet.
OTB: sier du, 'Jeg er uskyldig; sikkert er hans vrede vendt bort fra meg.' Men jeg vil dømme deg fordi du sier, 'Jeg har ikke syndet.'
B1930: Og allikevel sier du: Jeg er uskyldig, hans vrede har visselig vendt sig fra mig. Se, jeg vil gå i rette med dig fordi du sier: Jeg har ikke syndet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
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1 John 1:8–10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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Romans 7:9
Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
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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.
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Jeremiah 2:9
Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.
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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,
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Jeremiah 25:31
The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.
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Job 33:9
‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.
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