Jeremiah 2:35 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.
Thou and Ye
- thou, thee one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
- Self-righteousnessSee the chain from Deuteronomy 9:4 · 7 links
- SanctimonyLink 3 of 5 · next Matthew 6:5
Cross References
- Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
- Job 33:9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
- Isaiah 58:3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
- Jeremiah 2:9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
- Jeremiah 2:23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
- Jeremiah 2:29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 25:31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
- Romans 7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
- 1 John 1:8–10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. …
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Obduracy in
- Innocency Jeremiah
- Self-righteousness General scriptures concerning Self-righteousness
- Sin The Israelites
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible629–588 BC · Jeremiah, in the days of Josiah, Jehoiakim, and Zedekiah
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Yet thou sayest וַתֹּאמְרִי wattōʾmĕrî אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, second person feminine singular · with and כִּי kî Conjunction אַךְ ʾak Affirmation
- Because I am innocent נִקֵּיתִי niqqêtî נָקָה Verb · niphal perfect, first person common singular
- surely his anger אַפּוֹ ʾappô אַף Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- shall turn שָׁב šāb שׁוּב Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
- from me. Behold, I will plead מִמֶּנִּי mimmennî Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular הִנְנִי hinnî Demonstrative · with suffix: first person common singular נִשְׁפָּט nišpāṭ שָׁפַט Verb · niphal active participle, masculine singular
- with thee, because thou sayest אוֹתָךְ ʾôtāk Object marker · with suffix: second person feminine singular עַל ʿal Preposition אָמְרֵךְ ʾomrēk אָמַר Verb · qal infinitive construct · with suffix: second person feminine singular
- I have not sinned לֹא lōʾ Negative חָטָאתִי ḥāṭāʾtî חָטָא Verb · qal perfect, first person common singular
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