Jeremiah 2:23

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Jeremiah 2:23

How can you protest, “I am not defiled;
I have not followed the Baals”?
Look at your behavior in the valley;
acknowledge what you have done.
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,

Jeremiah 7:31

They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.

Proverbs 30:12

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,
yet is not washed from its filth.

Genesis 3:12-13

Then the man replied, “The woman You gave to be with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”

1 Samuel 15:13-14

When Samuel came to him, Saul said, “May the Lord bless you. I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”

Esther 8:16

and the Jews celebrated with gladness, joy, and honor.

Psalm 36:2

for in his own eyes he flatters himself too much
to discover and hate his sin.

Psalm 50:21

You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.

Proverbs 28:13

The one who conceals his sins
will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and renounces them
will find mercy.

Proverbs 30:20

This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I’ve done nothing wrong.”

Isaiah 57:5-6

who burn with lust among the oaks,
under every green tree,
who slaughter children in the wadis
below the clefts of the rocks?

Jeremiah 2:33-35

How skillfully you pursue love;
you also teach evil women your ways.

Jeremiah 3:2

Look to the barren heights and see.
Where have you not been immoral?
You sat waiting for them beside the highways
like a nomad in the desert.
You have defiled the land
with your prostitution and wickedness.

Jeremiah 9:14

Instead, they followed the stubbornness of their hearts and followed after the Baals as their fathers taught them.”

Jeremiah 31:22

How long will you turn here and there,
faithless daughter?
For the Lord creates something new in the land—
a female will shelter a man.

Ezekiel 16:1-63

The word of the Lord came to me again:

Ezekiel 23:1-49

The word of the Lord came to me again:

Luke 10:29

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Romans 3:19

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

1 John 1:8-10

If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Revelation 3:17-18

Because you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

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Summary

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;

How canst

See

Jeremiah 3:2

Psalm 50:21

Valley

Jeremiah 7:31

Isaiah 57:5

Thou art a swift

Esther 8:16

General references

2 Samuel 11:12

Bible References

How canst

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

Then the man replied, “The woman You gave to be with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”

When Samuel came to him, Saul said, “May the Lord bless you. I have carried out the Lord’s instructions.”

for in his own eyes he flatters himself too much
to discover and hate his sin.

The one who conceals his sins
will not prosper,
but whoever confesses and renounces them
will find mercy.

There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,
yet is not washed from its filth.

But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law,

so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Because you say, ‘I’m rich; I have become wealthy and need nothing,’ and you don’t know that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

See

You have done these things, and I kept silent;
you thought I was just like you.
But I will rebuke you
and lay out the case before you.

Valley

They have built the high places of Topheth

in the Valley of Hinnom

in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire, a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.

who burn with lust among the oaks,
under every green tree,
who slaughter children in the wadis
below the clefts of the rocks?

Thou art a swift

and the Jews celebrated with gladness, joy, and honor.

General references

“Stay here today also,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.