Jeremiah 2:35

Jeremiah 2:35 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)you say, ‘I am innocent; he is not angry with me.’ But I will pass judgment on you because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent, Surely His anger shall turn from me.’ Behold, I will plead My case against you, Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

Context of Jeremiah 2:35

33How skillfully you pursue love; you also teach evil women your ways. 34Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor. You did not catch them breaking and entering. But in spite of all these things you claim, “I am innocent. His anger is sure to turn away from me.” But I will certainly judge you because you have said, “I have not sinned.” 36How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be put to shame by Egypt just as you were put to shame by Assyria. 37Moreover, you will be led out from here with your hands on your head since the Lord has rejected those you trust; you will not succeed even with their help.

Jeremiah 2:35 word by word

וַתֹּֽאמְרִי֙ כִּ֣י נִקֵּ֔יתִי אַ֛ךְ שָׁ֥ב אַפּ֖וֹ מִמֶּ֑נִּי הִנְנִי֙ נִשְׁפָּ֣ט אוֹתָ֔ךְ עַל־אָמְרֵ֖ךְ לֹ֥א חָטָֽאתִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet thou sayestאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Because I am innocentנָקָהnâqâh · to clearH5352
• surely his angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• shall turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• from me. Behold, I will pleadשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• I have not sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:35

• Jeremiah 2:23How can you protest, “I am not defiled; I have not followed the Baals”? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young camel twisting and turning on her way,
• Job 33:9“I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity.
• Proverbs 28:13The one who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
• Isaiah 58:3“Why have we fasted, but you have not seen? We have denied ourselves, but you haven’t noticed!” “Look, you do as you please on the day of your fast, and oppress all your workers.
• Romans 7:9Once I was alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life again
• Jeremiah 2:9Therefore, I will bring a case against you again. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will bring a case against your children’s children.
• 1 John 1:8If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2:35

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 35Because I am innocent - They continued to assert their innocence, and therefore expected that God's judgments would be speedily removed! I will plead with thee - I will maintain my process, follow it up to conviction, and inflict the deserved punishment.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 35Because I am innocent - Rather, But “I am innocent,” or, “I am acquitted.” Those blood-stains cannot be upon my skirts, because now, in king Josiah‘s days, the idolatry of Manasseh has been put away. Shall turn from me - Or, has turned away “from me.” Plead - Or, enter into judgment.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 29-37Verses 29-37 The nation had not been wrought upon by the judgements of God, but sought to justify themselves. The world is, to those who make it their home and their portion, a wilderness and a land of darkness; but those who dwell in God, have the lines fallen to them in pleasant places. Here is the language of presumptuous sinners. The Jews had long thrown off serious thoughts of God. How many days of our lives pass without suitable remembrance of him!…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 35Israel's sinful state was clear in the people's arrogant response. They claimed innocence and said God was angry without reason. God replied to their denial by declaring He would punish them severely and not accept their refusal to admit wrongdoing (Proverbs 23:13; Malachi 2:17; 3:8; 1 John 1:8, 10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3535. (Jr 2:23, 29).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 2:35

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Innocency
• Self-Righteousness

In the dictionaries

• Attire
• Bitter
• Cry
• Degenerate
• Handle
• Hold
• Holiness
• Noble
• Plead

Commentaries on Jeremiah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings