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 well you prepare your way To seek love! Therefore even to the wicked women You have taught your ways. 34Also on your skirts is found The lifeblood of the innocent poor; You did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things, You said, ‘I am innocent; Surely His anger is turned away from me.’ Behold, I will enter into judgment with you Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’ 36Why do you go around so much Changing your way? Also, you will be put to shame by Egypt, Just as you were put to shame by Assyria. 37From this place as well you will go out With your hands on your head; For the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust, And you will not prosper with them.”

Jeremiah 2:35 word by word

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

• You saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I amנָקָהnâqâh · to clearH5352
• Surelyאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• His angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• is turnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• awayשׁוּבshûb · to return: turn backH7725
• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• enterשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• Becauseעַל‛al · uponH5921
• I have not sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398

Cross-references for Jeremiah 2:35

• Jeremiah 2:23“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! You are a swift young camel running about senselessly on her ways,
• Job 33:9‘I am pure, without wrongdoing; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.
• Proverbs 28:13One who conceals his wrongdoings will not prosper, But one who confesses and abandons them will find compassion.
• Isaiah 58:3‘Why have we fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’ Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire, And oppress all your workers.
• Romans 7:9I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin came to life, and I died;
• Jeremiah 2:9“Therefore I will still contend with you,” declares the Lord, “And I will contend with your sons’ sons.
• 1 John 1:8If we say that 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