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Yet in spite of all this <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2.htm">New Living Translation</a> Your clothing is stained with the blood of the innocent and the poor, though you didn’t catch them breaking into your houses! <a href="/esv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a> Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the guiltless poor; you did not find them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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 <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/2.htm">New King James Version</a> Also on your skirts is found The blood of the lives of the poor innocents. I have not found it by secret search, But plainly on all these things. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Also on your skirts is found The lifeblood of the innocent poor; You did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things, <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Also on your skirts is found The lifeblood of the innocent poor; You did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things, <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Also on your skirts is found The lifeblood of the innocent poor; You did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things, <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Also on your skirts is found The lifeblood of the innocent needy; You did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things, <a href="/amp/jeremiah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Also on your skirts is found The lifeblood of the innocent poor; You did not find them breaking in [a house]. But in spite of all these things [your disobedience, your love of idolatry, your lack of compassion]— <a href="/csb/jeremiah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor. You did not catch them breaking and entering. But in spite of all these things <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor. You did not catch them breaking and entering. But in spite of all these things <a href="/asv/jeremiah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You killed innocent people for no reason at all. And even though their blood can be seen on your clothes, <a href="/erv/jeremiah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a> Also, in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: I have not found it at the place of breaking in, but upon all these. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You have the blood from poor and innocent people on your clothes. You didn't kill them for breaking in to your home. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a> Your clothes are stained with the blood of the poor and innocent, not with the blood of burglars. "But in spite of all this, <a href="/isv/jeremiah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a> On your skirts is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, even though you didn't catch them breaking in. Yet despite all these things, <a href="/msb/jeremiah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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 <a href="/net/jeremiah/2.htm">NET Bible</a> Even your clothes are stained with the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong; you did not catch them breaking into your homes. Yet, in spite of all these things you have done, <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Also the blood of the souls of the innocent poor is found in your skirts. You did not find them breaking in; but it is because of all these things. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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. <a href="/web/jeremiah/2.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Also the blood of innocent needy souls "" Has been found on your skirts, "" I have not found them by digging, "" But on all these. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Also in thy skirts hath been found the blood of innocent needy souls, Not by digging have I found them, but upon all these. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Also in thy wings were found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor: not by breaking in did I find them, but upon all these.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent? not in ditches have I found them, but in all places, which I mentioned before. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> and in your armpits there is found the blood of poor and innocent souls? I have found them, not in ditches, but everywhere that I mentioned previously. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/2.htm">New American Bible</a> On your clothing is the life-blood of the innocent, you did not find them committing burglary; <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all these things<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Also on your hands is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents; I have not found it by hard search, for it is under every tree. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Also in your hands the blood of the souls of the poor innocents was found. It was not that I found them in a hole in a wall, but under every tree <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Also in thy skirts is found the blood Of the souls of the innocent poor; Thou didst not find them breaking in; Yet for all these things <a href="/sep/jeremiah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and in thine hands has been found the blood of innocent souls; I have not found them in holes, but on every oak. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=603" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/2.htm">Israel's Unfaithfulness</a> …33How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways. 34<a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">Moreover,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3671.htm" title="3671: biḵ·nā·p̄a·yiḵ (Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 2fs) -- Wing, extremity. From kanaph; an edge or extremity; specifically a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle.">your skirts</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: nim·ṣə·’ū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To attain to, find. ">are stained</a> <a href="/hebrew/1818.htm" title="1818: dam (N-msc) -- Blood. From damam; blood of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively bloodshed.">with the blood</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šō·wṯ (N-fpc) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5355.htm" title="5355: nə·qî·yîm (Adj-mp) -- Clean, free from, exempt. Or naqiyi,; from naqah; innocent.">of the innocent</a> <a href="/hebrew/34.htm" title="34: ’eḇ·yō·w·nîm (N-mp) -- In want, needy, poor. From 'abah, in the sense of want; destitute.">poor,</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.">though you did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: mə·ṣā·ṯîm (V-Qal-Perf-2fs:: 3mp) -- To attain to, find. ">find them</a> <a href="/hebrew/4290.htm" title="4290: ḇam·maḥ·te·reṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- A breaking in, burglary. From chathar; a burglary; figuratively, unexpected examination.">breaking in.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">But</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.">in spite of</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these things</a> 35you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/ezekiel/22-3.htm">Ezekiel 22:3-4</a> and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself, / you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands. <a href="/hosea/4-2.htm">Hosea 4:2</a> Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. <a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Isaiah 59:3</a> For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. <a href="/ezekiel/7-23.htm">Ezekiel 7:23</a> Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence. <a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35</a> And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a> When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. <a href="/ezekiel/24-6.htm">Ezekiel 24:6-9</a> Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents. / 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. / In order to stir up wrath and take vengeance, I have placed her blood on the bare rock, so that it would not be covered.’ ... <a href="/psalms/106-38.htm">Psalm 106:38</a> They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. <a href="/ezekiel/16-36.htm">Ezekiel 16:36</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your wealth and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children which you gave to them, <a href="/revelation/18-24.htm">Revelation 18:24</a> And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth. <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Isaiah 59:7</a> Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake. <a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Ezekiel 23:37</a> For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols. <a href="/matthew/27-25.htm">Matthew 27:25</a> All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!” <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5</a> who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? <a href="/ezekiel/9-9.htm">Ezekiel 9:9</a> He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken the land; the LORD does not see.’</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but on all these.Also<a href="/jeremiah/7-31.htm">Jeremiah 7:31</a> And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.<a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Jeremiah 19:4</a> Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;<a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">2 Kings 21:16</a> Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.I<a href="/jeremiah/6-15.htm">Jeremiah 6:15</a> Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.<a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm">Jeremiah 8:12</a> Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.<a href="/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Ezekiel 24:7</a> For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;secret search.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/66-3.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-14.htm">Breaking</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-1.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-5.htm">Digging</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Find</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-26.htm">Found</a> <a href="/job/34-6.htm">Guiltless</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Innocents</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-6.htm">Lifeblood</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm">Needy</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-2.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-5.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Search</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-2.htm">Skirts</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-16.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-9.htm">Spite</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Blood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Breaking</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-24.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-7.htm">Digging</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">Find</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-26.htm">Found</a> <a href="/matthew/12-5.htm">Guiltless</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-4.htm">Innocents</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-19.htm">Lifeblood</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Needy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-4.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-16.htm">Search</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Skirts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-16.htm">Souls</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-10.htm">Spite</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 2</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/2-1.htm">God having shown his former kindness, </a> 5. <a href="/jeremiah/2-5.htm">expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt</a> 14. <a href="/jeremiah/2-14.htm">They are the causes of their own calamities</a> 18. <a href="/jeremiah/2-18.htm">The sins and idolatries of Judah</a> 35. <a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm">Her confidence is rejected.</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor This phrase uses vivid imagery to convey the guilt of the people. In ancient Near Eastern culture, garments often symbolized one's moral and spiritual state. The "skirts" being stained suggests a deep-seated corruption and injustice. The "blood of the innocent poor" highlights the exploitation and oppression of vulnerable individuals, a recurring theme in the prophetic literature (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15-17</a>, <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Amos 5:11-12</a>). This accusation reflects the societal injustices prevalent in Judah, where the powerful often took advantage of the weak, contrary to the covenantal laws that called for justice and care for the poor (<a href="/deuteronomy/15-7.htm">Deuteronomy 15:7-11</a>).though you did not find them breaking in This part of the verse underscores the innocence of the victims. The phrase "breaking in" refers to the act of burglary or theft, which, according to <a href="/exodus/22-2.htm">Exodus 22:2-3</a>, could justify defensive actions. However, the text emphasizes that the poor were not guilty of such crimes, yet they suffered as if they were. This highlights the perversion of justice in Judah, where the innocent were punished while the guilty went free. It serves as a stark reminder of the importance of true justice, as outlined in the Mosaic Law, and the failure of the leaders to uphold it.But in spite of all these things This phrase introduces a sense of incredulity and condemnation. Despite the clear evidence of wrongdoing and the prophetic warnings, the people of Judah remained unrepentant. This reflects a broader biblical theme of human stubbornness and the rejection of God's call to repentance (<a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3</a>, <a href="/isaiah/9-13.htm">Isaiah 9:13</a>). It also foreshadows the impending judgment that would come upon Judah due to their persistent disobedience and moral decay, as prophesied throughout the book of Jeremiah. This serves as a call to self-examination and repentance, urging the audience to turn back to God before it is too late.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was often rebuked by God through prophets like Jeremiah for its idolatry and injustice. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_innocent_poor.htm">The Innocent Poor</a> Represents the vulnerable and marginalized individuals in society who were unjustly treated by the people of Judah. 4. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The ultimate judge and the one who sees the injustices committed by His people. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_skirts.htm">The Skirts</a> Symbolic of the outward appearance or actions of the people, indicating guilt and wrongdoing.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_injustice.htm">The Seriousness of Injustice</a> God takes the shedding of innocent blood seriously, and it is a sin that cries out for justice. Believers are called to uphold justice and protect the vulnerable. <a href="/topical/t/the_visibility_of_sin.htm">The Visibility of Sin</a> Just as the blood was found on the skirts, our sins are visible to God. We must live with integrity and seek forgiveness for our wrongdoings. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> God’s message through Jeremiah is a call to repentance. We must examine our lives, repent of our sins, and turn back to God. <a href="/topical/t/the_responsibility_to_the_poor.htm">The Responsibility to the Poor</a> Christians have a responsibility to care for the poor and marginalized, reflecting God’s heart for justice and mercy. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_ignoring_god's_commands.htm">The Consequences of Ignoring God’s Commands</a> Ignoring God’s commands leads to judgment. We must heed His warnings and live according to His Word.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 2</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_cite_jerusalem's_violence.htm">In Ezekiel 22:2–5, why does God single out Jerusalem’s bloodshed without clear archaeological evidence of such extensive violence? </a> <a href="/q/why_consult_huldah_over_jeremiah.htm">(2 Chronicles 34:22-28) Why would King Josiah consult the prophetess Huldah instead of better-known prophets like Jeremiah, if both were contemporaries?</a> <a href="/q/why_did_god_say_zedekiah_won't_die_by_sword.htm">Jeremiah 34:3 - How could God promise Zedekiah would not die by the sword if 2 Kings 25:7 says Nebuchadnezzar blinded him and took him captive?</a> <a href="/q/why_would_a_just_deity_allow_disasters.htm">Jeremiah 19:7 -- How can a loving or just deity sanction such extreme disasters upon an entire city, including the innocent, as portrayed here?</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>(34) Also in thy skirts . . .--The general meaning is clear, and points to the guilt of Israel in offering her children--the "poor innocents"--in horrid sacrifice to Molech; perhaps, also, to her maltreatment of the prophets. Their "blood" is on the "skirts" of her raiment; perhaps, if we take another reading, on the "palms" of her hands. The last clause is, however, obscure enough. We have to choose, according to variations of reading and construction, between (1) I have not found it as by secret search (literally, by digging, as men dig through the wall of a house in search of plunder), but under every oak or terebinth, or, more probably, as in the Authorised version, upon all these--i.e., the sin was patent, flagrant, everywhere; and (2) Thou didst not find them (those who had been put to death) in the place of breaking through--i.e., in the act of the robber that would have deserved death (<a href="/exodus/22-2.htm" title="If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.">Exodus 22:2</a>; <a href="/job/24-16.htm" title="In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.">Job 24:16</a>); but because of all this--i.e., thou didst slay them through thy passion for idolatry. Of these (1) commends itself most.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 34. - Also in thy skirts, etc.; or, there is even fennel in thy skirts (or, perhaps, in thy sleeves - the wide sleeves of an Eastern mantle). The fact which follows is adduced as the crowning evidence of wickedness. Blood of the souls is explained by the statement in <a href="/leviticus/17-11.htm">Leviticus 17:11</a>, "The soul of the flesh [i.e. of the body] is in the blood;" hence the importance of the blood in the Mosaic sacrifices. The historical reference of this passage of Jeremiah may well be to the persecution of Manasseh, who is said to have "shed innocent blood very much" (<a href="/2_kings/21-16.htm">2 Kings 21:16</a>). It is Judah, no doubt, who is addressed, but the prophets mostly assume the "solidarity" of king and people (analogous to that of a forefather and his posterity); Manasseh, moreover, probably had the support of a large section of the population, at any rate in so far as he favored the inveterate cultus of the high places or local sanctuaries. I have not found it by secret search; rather, thou hast not found them breaking through (houses). The phraseology agrees with that of <a href="/exodus/22-2.htm">Exodus 22:2</a>, the law against "breaking through;" it suggests that the houses of all but the highest class in ancient as well as often in modern Palestine, were made of mere sun-dried brick, which could be easily "dug into" (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/12-5.htm">Ezekiel 12:5</a>; <a href="/matthew/6-19.htm">Matthew 6:19, 20</a>, in the Greek). [Lieut. Conder states, it is true, that in hilly districts of Palestine the houses of the villages are built of stone, but he adds that the stone is simply taken from the ruins of the ancient towns.] Burglars caught in the act might be killed (<a href="/exodus/22-2.htm">Exodus 22:2</a>), but the innocent victims of persecution could not be brought under this category, and hence those who slew them were really guilty of murder. But upon all these; rather, but because of all these things; i.e. not for any crime, but because of thine things," as in <a href="/jeremiah/3-7.htm">Jeremiah 3:7</a>); so Hitzig, Keil Payne Smith; less naturally De Dieu, "because of those false gods" <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Moreover, גַּ֤ם (gam) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and your skirts בִּכְנָפַ֙יִךְ֙ (biḵ·nā·p̄a·yiḵ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3671.htm">Strong's 3671: </a> An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle are stained נִמְצְא֔וּ (nim·ṣə·’ū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present with the blood דַּ֛ם (dam) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1818.htm">Strong's 1818: </a> Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed of the innocent נְקִיִּ֑ים (nə·qî·yîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5355.htm">Strong's 5355: </a> Clean, free from, exempt poor, אֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים (’eḇ·yō·w·nîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_34.htm">Strong's 34: </a> In want, needy, poor though you did not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no find מְצָאתִ֖ים (mə·ṣā·ṯîm) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present them breaking in. בַמַּחְתֶּ֥רֶת (ḇam·maḥ·te·reṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4290.htm">Strong's 4290: </a> A burglary, unexpected examination But כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction in spite of עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every these things אֵֽלֶּה׃ (’êl·leh) Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Jeremiah 2:34 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 2:34 Also in your skirts is found (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/2-33.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:33"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:33" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/2-35.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 2:35"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 2:35" /></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>