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33 How well you prepare your way to seek love!
    Therefore you have even taught the wicked women your ways.
34 Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts.
    You didn’t find them breaking in,
    but it is because of all these things.
35 “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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33 How well you perfect your techniques[a] for seeking love.
    Therefore you can teach even the most immoral women[b] your techniques.[c]
34 On your skirts is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor,
    even though you didn’t catch them breaking in.
Yet despite all these things,
35 you say, ‘I’m innocent.
        Surely his anger has turned away from me.’”

“I’m about to bring charges against you[d]
    because you say, ‘I haven’t sinned.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:33 Lit. your way
  2. Jeremiah 2:33 Lit. the wicked women
  3. Jeremiah 2:33 Lit. your ways
  4. Jeremiah 2:35 Lit. enter into judgment with you