Jeremiah 2:34 “Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor,…”

Jeremiah 2:34

Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: thou didst not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also in thy wings is founde the bloud of the soules of ye poore innocents: I haue not found it in holes, but vpon all these places.

Darby Translation

Yea, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor, whom thou didst not encounter breaking in, but [it is found] upon all these.

Young's Literal Translation

Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these.

Bible in Basic English

And in the skirts of your robe may be seen the life-blood of those who have done no wrong: ...

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“Also”

2 Kings 21:16 Jeremiah 19:4 2 Kings 24:4 Jeremiah 7:31 Isaiah 57:5 Isaiah 59:7

2 Kings 21:16 · BSB

Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.

Jeremiah 19:4 · BSB

because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place w…

2 Kings 24:4 · BSB

and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

Jeremiah 7:31 · BSB

They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.

Isaiah 57:5 · BSB

who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Isaiah 59:7 · BSB

Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

“I”

Jeremiah 6:15 Ezekiel 24:7 Jeremiah 8:12

Jeremiah 6:15 · BSB

Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.

Ezekiel 24:7 · BSB

For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.

Jeremiah 8:12 · BSB

Also

Exodus 22:2

Exodus 22:2 · BSB

If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

33How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.

35you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’

Read Jeremiah 2