Jeremiah 2:35

³³ Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.

³⁴ Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

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.

³⁶ Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

³⁷ Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them.

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 that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
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1 John 1:8–10
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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Romans 7:9
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
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Isaiah 58:3
Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
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Jeremiah 2:9
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children’s children will I plead.
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Jeremiah 2:23
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
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Jeremiah 25:31
A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
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Job 33:9
I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
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