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Surely God isn’t angry with me!’ But now I will punish you severely because you claim you have not sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />you say, ‘I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.’ Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, ‘I have not sinned.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent, Surely His anger shall turn from me.’ Behold, I will plead My case against you, Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You said, ‘I am innocent; Surely His anger is turned away from me.’ Behold, I will enter into judgment with you Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Yet you said, &#8216I am innocent; Surely His anger is turned away from me.&#8217 Behold, I will enter into judgment with you Because you say, &#8216I have not sinned.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Yet you said, ‘I am innocent; Surely His anger is turned away from me.’ Behold, I will enter into judgment with you Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Yet you said, ‘I am innocent; Surely His anger is turned away from me.’ Behold, I will enter into judgment with you Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Yet you keep saying, ‘I am innocent; Surely His anger has turned away from me.’ Behold (listen very carefully), I will bring you to judgment <i>and</i> will plead my case against you Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />you claim, “I am innocent. His anger is sure to turn away from me.” But I will certainly judge you because you have said, “I have not sinned.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />you claim, &#8220I am innocent. His anger is sure to turn away from me.&#8221 But I will certainly judge you because you have said, &#8220I have not sinned.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />you claim to be innocent, and you want me to stop being angry with you. So I'll take you to court, and we'll see who is right. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />In spite of all this you say, 'I'm innocent. God will turn his anger from me, because I haven't sinned.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />you say, 'I am innocent; surely the LORD is no longer angry with me.' But I, the LORD, will punish you because you deny that you have sinned. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />you say, 'I'm innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.'" "I'm about to bring charges against you because you say, 'I haven't sinned.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />you say, ?I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.? Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ?I have not sinned.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />you say, 'I have not done anything wrong, so the LORD cannot really be angry with me any more.' But, watch out! I will bring down judgment on you because you say, 'I have not committed any sin.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Yet you said, 'I am innocent. Surely his anger has turned away from me.' "Look, I will judge you, because you say, 'I have not sinned.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger will turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“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.’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you say, Because I have been innocent, "" Surely His anger has turned back from me? Behold, I have been judged with you, "" Because of your saying, I have not sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And thou sayest, 'Because I have been innocent, Surely turned back hath His anger from me?' Lo, I have been judged with thee, Because of thy saying, 'I have not sinned.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou wilt say, Because I was innocent his anger turned back from me. Behold me judging thee for thy saying, I sinned not.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thou hast said: I am without sin and am innocent: and therefore let thy anger be turned away from me. Behold, I will contend with thee in judgement, because thou hast said: I have not sinned. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you have said: ‘I am innocent and without sin. And because of this, let your fury be turned away from me.’ Behold, I will contend with you in judgment, because you have said: ‘I have not sinned.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Nonetheless you say, “I am innocent; at least, his anger is turned away from me.” Listen! I will judge you on that word of yours, “I have not sinned.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />you say, “I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.” Now I am bringing you to judgment for saying, “I have not sinned.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Yet you say, Because I am innocent, therefore he will turn his anger from me. Behold, I will contend with you, because you have said, I have not sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you said: "I am innocent! Because of this, he will turn his anger from me." Behold, I bring suit against you, because you have said, "I have not sinned"<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou saidst: 'I am innocent; Surely His anger is turned away from me'-- Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, Because thou sayest: 'I have not sinned.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Yet thou saidst, I am innocent: only let his wrath be turned away from me. Behold, I <i>will</i> plead with thee, whereas thou sayest, I have not sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=614" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Israel's Unfaithfulness</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">34</span>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 <span class="reftext">35</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mə·rî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">you say,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5352.htm" title="5352: niq·qê·ṯî (V-Nifal-Perf-1cs) -- To be empty or clean. A primitive root; to be clean; by implication to be bare, i.e. Extirpated.">‘I am innocent.</a> <a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only.">Surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ’ap·pōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">His anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: šāḇ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">will turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from me.’</a> <a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hin·nî (Interjection:: 1cs) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: niš·pāṭ (V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To judge, govern. ">I will judge</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’ō·w·ṯāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mə·rêḵ (V-Qal-Inf:: 2fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">you say,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">‘I have not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: ḥā·ṭā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">sinned.’</a> </span><span class="reftext">36</span>How unstable you are, constantly changing your ways! You will be disappointed by Egypt just as you were by Assyria.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-26.htm">Isaiah 43:26</a></span><br />Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/12-8.htm">Hosea 12:8</a></span><br />And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Ezekiel 16:51-52</a></span><br />Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half the sins you did. You have multiplied your abominations beyond theirs, and all the abominations you have committed have made your sisters appear righteous. / So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than theirs. So you too must bear your shame and disgrace, since you have made your sisters appear righteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20</a></span><br />Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-17.htm">Malachi 2:17</a></span><br />You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-3.htm">Romans 10:3</a></span><br />Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-11.htm">Luke 18:11-12</a></span><br />The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. / I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-8.htm">1 John 1:8-10</a></span><br />If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. / If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/30-12.htm">Proverbs 30:12</a></span><br />There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Isaiah 1:18</a></span><br />“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-28.htm">Matthew 23:28</a></span><br />In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-10.htm">Romans 3:10-12</a></span><br />As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one. / There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. / All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-25.htm">Ezekiel 18:25</a></span><br />Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-21.htm">Matthew 7:21-23</a></span><br />Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, I have not sinned.</p><p class="hdg">because</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-23.htm">Jeremiah 2:23,29</a></b></br> 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: <i>thou art</i> a swift dromedary traversing her ways; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/33-9.htm">Job 33:9</a></b></br> I am clean without transgression, I <i>am</i> innocent; neither <i>is there</i> iniquity in me.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/28-13.htm">Proverbs 28:13</a></b></br> He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh <i>them</i> shall have mercy.</p><p class="hdg">I will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-9.htm">Jeremiah 2:9</a></b></br> Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_john/1-8.htm">1 John 1:8-10</a></b></br> If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-3.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-29.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-3.htm">Judged</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-29.htm">Plead</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-5.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-8.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-27.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-29.htm">Enter</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-16.htm">Judged</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-2.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Plead</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-25.htm">Sinned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-7.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-7.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-5.htm">Wrath</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-6.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-1.htm">God having shown his former kindness, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-14.htm">They are the causes of their own calamities</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">The sins and idolatries of Judah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">35. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Her confidence is rejected.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>you say, ‘I am innocent.</b><br>In this phrase, the people of Judah are claiming innocence despite their idolatry and unfaithfulness to God. This reflects a common human tendency to deny wrongdoing, reminiscent of Adam and Eve's initial reactions in <a href="/genesis/3.htm">Genesis 3</a>. The claim of innocence is a self-deception, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/30-12.htm">Proverbs 30:12</a>, where a generation is described as pure in their own eyes yet not cleansed of their filth.<p><b>Surely His anger will turn from me.’</b><br>Here, the people presume upon God's mercy, expecting that His anger will dissipate without true repentance. This reflects a misunderstanding of God's justice and holiness, as seen in <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6-7</a>, where God is described as merciful but also just. The presumption of divine leniency without repentance is a recurring theme, as in <a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4-5</a>, where Paul warns against taking God's kindness for granted.<p><b>Behold, I will judge you,</b><br>God's response is a declaration of impending judgment, emphasizing His role as the righteous judge. This aligns with the consistent biblical theme that God will judge sin, as seen in passages like <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-14.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:14</a> and <a href="/hebrews/9-27.htm">Hebrews 9:27</a>. The certainty of divine judgment is a call to accountability, contrasting human denial with divine truth.<p><b>because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’</b><br>The repetition of the people's denial highlights their stubbornness and self-righteousness. This echoes the Pharisees' attitude in the New Testament, who claimed righteousness while rejecting Jesus (<a href="/luke/18-9.htm">Luke 18:9-14</a>). The denial of sin is a barrier to receiving God's grace, as 1 <a href="/john/1-8.htm">John 1:8-10</a> teaches that confession is necessary for forgiveness. This phrase underscores the need for humility and acknowledgment of sin to restore a right relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned over 40 years during a tumultuous period in Judah's history.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which had turned away from God and was engaging in idolatry and other sins. Jeremiah's prophecies were directed towards this nation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who is addressing the people of Judah through Jeremiah, highlighting their sin and the consequences of their actions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/idolatry.htm">Idolatry</a></b><br>The worship of idols or false gods, which was a significant issue in Judah at the time. This sin is a central theme in Jeremiah's prophecies.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The divine response to sin, which God promises to bring upon Judah due to their unrepentant hearts and false claims of innocence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_self-deception.htm">The Danger of Self-Deception</a></b><br>Judah's claim of innocence despite their sin highlights the human tendency to deceive ourselves about our spiritual state. We must be vigilant in examining our hearts and actions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_necessity_of_confession.htm">The Necessity of Confession</a></b><br>True repentance requires acknowledging our sins before God. Denying our sinfulness prevents us from receiving God's forgiveness and grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is just and certain. He will not overlook sin, and His anger is a response to unrepentant hearts. We must take His warnings seriously.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Prophets like Jeremiah serve as God's messengers, calling people back to righteousness. We should heed the warnings and teachings found in Scripture.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_humility.htm">The Importance of Humility</a></b><br>Humility before God is essential. Recognizing our sinfulness and need for His mercy is the first step towards restoration and healing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/father's_past_actions'_effects.htm">What are the consequences of a father's past actions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_attribute_victories_to_divine_acts.htm">Why do biblical writers often attribute historical victories and defeats to divine intervention rather than natural causes?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_hosea_12_8_contradict_israel's_exile.htm">Hosea 12:8: Does Israel’s claim of innocence here contradict passages in which Israel is already punished or exiled? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_let_innocents_suffer.htm">How can a just God allow the innocent to suffer alongside the wicked, as implied in Job 35:14-16?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(35) <span class= "bld">Yet thou sayest . . .</span>--Once again we have the equivocating plea of the accused. She takes up the word that had been used by the accuser: "You speak of the innocents; <span class= "ital">I, too, am innocent. His anger has turned away from me. </span>Here, as in <a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm" title="Why trim you your way to seek love? therefore have you also taught the wicked ones your ways.">Jeremiah 2:33</a>, there is an implied reference to the partial reformation under Josiah. The accuser retorts, and renews his pleadings against her. Confession might have led to forgiveness, but this denial of guilt excluded it, and was the token of a fatal blindness (comp. <a href="/1_john/1-8.htm" title="If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.">1John 1:8</a>).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 35.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Because</span>. This "because" is misleading; there is no argument, but the statement of a supposed fact. The particle so rendered merely serves to introduce the speech of the Jews (like <span class="greek">ὅτι</span>). <span class="cmt_word">Shall turn</span>; rather, hath <span class="accented">turned</span>. Judah had so long been undisturbed by any foreign power, that the people fancied the promises of Deuteronomy were being fulfilled, and that they, on their part, had pleased God by their formal obedience (comp. <a href="/2_kings/22-17.htm">2 Kings 22:17</a>). <span class="cmt_word">I will plead with thee</span>. Here, as in some other passages (e.g. <a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Isaiah 66:16</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/38-22.htm">Ezekiel 38:22</a>), the word includes the sense of punishing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">you say,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֹּֽאמְרִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tō·mə·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘I am innocent.</span><br /><span class="heb">נִקֵּ֔יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(niq·qê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5352.htm">Strong's 5352: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, clean, to be bare, extirpated</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Surely</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֛ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’aḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_389.htm">Strong's 389: </a> </span><span class="str2">A particle of affirmation, surely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">His anger</span><br /><span class="heb">אַפּ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ap·pōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will turn</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(šāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from me.’</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּ֑נִּי</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">But I will certainly</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנְנִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">judge</span><br /><span class="heb">נִשְׁפָּ֣ט</span> <span class="translit">(niš·pāṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you,</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹתָ֔ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·w·ṯāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">because</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you say,</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמְרֵ֖ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mə·rêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘I have not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sinned.’</span><br /><span class="heb">חָטָֽאתִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ṭā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Jeremiah 2:35 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Jeremiah 2:35 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Jeremiah 2:35 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Jeremiah 2:35 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Jeremiah 2:35 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Jeremiah 2:35 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Jeremiah 2:35 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Jeremiah 2:35 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Jeremiah 2:35 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Jeremiah 2:35 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 2:35 Yet you said I am innocent (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/2-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:36" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>