33 How well you prepare your way
To seek love!
Therefore even to the wicked women
You have taught your ways.
34 Also on your skirts is found
The (A)lifeblood of the innocent poor;
You did not find them (B)breaking in.
But in spite of all these things,
35 You said, ‘I am innocent;
Surely His anger is turned away from me.’
Behold, I will (C)enter into judgment with you
Because you (D)say, ‘I have not sinned.’

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33     So skilled are you at pursuing lovers[a]
        that you instruct even the most wicked.[b]
34 Your garments are stained
    with the blood of the innocent poor,
        even though you didn’t catch them
        breaking and entering.
Yet, despite all this,[c] 35 you still insist,
    “I’m innocent;
        as a result he will turn his anger away from me.”
Because you claim not to have sinned,
    I will pass judgment against you.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:33 Or love
  2. Jeremiah 2:33 Or you have taught your ways to wicked women.
  3. Jeremiah 2:34 Heb uncertain