Psalm 106:38
English Standard Version
38 they poured out innocent blood,
the blood of their sons and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was (A)polluted with blood.
Psalm 106:38
New International Version
38 They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their sons(A) and daughters,
whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,
and the land was desecrated by their blood.
Jeremiah 3:1-2
English Standard Version
3 (A)“If[a] a man divorces his wife
and she goes from him
and becomes another man's wife,
will he return to her?
(B)Would not that land be greatly polluted?
(C)You have played the whore with many lovers;
and would you return to me?
declares the Lord.
2 Lift up your eyes to (D)the bare heights, and see!
Where have you not been ravished?
(E)By the waysides you have sat awaiting lovers
like an Arab in the wilderness.
(F)You have polluted the land
with your vile whoredom.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 3:1 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew Saying, “If
Jeremiah 3:1-2
New International Version
3 “If a man divorces(A) his wife
and she leaves him and marries another man,
should he return to her again?
Would not the land be completely defiled?(B)
But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers(C)—
would you now return to me?”(D)
declares the Lord.
2 “Look up to the barren heights(E) and see.
Is there any place where you have not been ravished?
By the roadside(F) you sat waiting for lovers,
sat like a nomad in the desert.
You have defiled the land(G)
with your prostitution(H) and wickedness.
Jeremiah 3:9
English Standard Version
9 Because she took her whoredom lightly, she polluted the land, committing adultery with (A)stone and tree.
Read full chapter
Jeremiah 3:9
New International Version
9 Because Israel’s immorality mattered so little to her, she defiled the land(A) and committed adultery(B) with stone(C) and wood.(D)
Micah 4:11
English Standard Version
11 Now (A)many nations
are assembled against you,
saying, “Let her be defiled,
and (B)let our eyes gaze upon Zion.”
Micah 4:11
New International Version
11 But now many nations
are gathered against you.
They say, “Let her be defiled,
let our eyes gloat(A) over Zion!”
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.