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

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New International Version
On your clothes is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor, though you did not catch them breaking in. Yet in spite of all this

New Living Translation
Your clothing is stained with the blood of the innocent and the poor, though you didn’t catch them breaking into your houses!

English Standard Version
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

Berean Standard Bible
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

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
“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,

NASB 1995
“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,

NASB 1977
“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,

Legacy Standard Bible
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,

Amplified Bible
“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]—

Christian Standard Bible
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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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

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.

Contemporary English Version
You killed innocent people for no reason at all. And even though their blood can be seen on your clothes,

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You have the blood from poor and innocent people on your clothes. You didn't kill them for breaking in to your home.

Good News Translation
Your clothes are stained with the blood of the poor and innocent, not with the blood of burglars. "But in spite of all this,

International Standard Version
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,

Majority Standard Bible
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

NET Bible
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,

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

Literal Translations

Literal Standard Version
Also the blood of innocent needy souls "" Has been found on your skirts, "" I have not found them by digging, "" But on 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.

Smith's Literal Translation
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.

Catholic Translations

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Catholic Public Domain Version
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.

New American Bible
On your clothing is the life-blood of the innocent, you did not find them committing burglary;

New Revised Standard Version
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

Translations from Aramaic

Lamsa Bible
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.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
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

OT Translations

JPS Tanakh 1917
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

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and in thine hands has been found the blood of innocent souls; I have not found them in holes, but on every oak.

Additional Translations ...

Audio Bible

Context

Israel's Unfaithfulness
…33How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways. 34Moreover, 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 35you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’…

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Cross References

Ezekiel 22:3-4
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.

Hosea 4:2
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

Isaiah 59:3
For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

Ezekiel 7:23
Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.

Matthew 23:35
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.

Isaiah 1:15
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.

Ezekiel 24:6-9
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.’ ...

Psalm 106:38
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.

Ezekiel 16:36
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,

Revelation 18:24
And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.

Isaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

Ezekiel 23:37
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.

Matthew 27:25
All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”

Isaiah 57:5
who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Ezekiel 9:9
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.’

Treasury of Scripture

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.

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Jeremiah 7:31
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.

Jeremiah 19:4
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;

2 Kings 21:16
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.

Jeremiah 6:15
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.

Jeremiah 8:12
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.

Ezekiel 24:7
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;

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Jeremiah 2

1. God having shown his former kindness,
5. expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt
14. They are the causes of their own calamities
18. The sins and idolatries of Judah
35. Her confidence is rejected.

Berean Study Bible

Moreover, on your skirts
The phrase "on your skirts" refers to the hem or edge of a garment, which in ancient Hebrew culture symbolized one's personal integrity and honor. The Hebrew word for "skirts" is "kanaph," which can also mean "wing" or "extremity." This imagery suggests that the guilt of the people is not hidden but is openly displayed, much like a stain on the hem of a garment. In biblical times, the hem of a garment could signify authority or status, and thus, the presence of blood on the skirts indicates a profound moral and spiritual corruption that has tainted the very identity of the people.

is found the blood of the innocent poor
The "blood of the innocent poor" highlights the grave injustice and violence perpetrated against those who are defenseless and marginalized. The Hebrew word for "innocent" is "naqiy," meaning blameless or free from guilt. This phrase underscores the societal failure to protect the vulnerable, a theme that resonates throughout the prophetic literature. The shedding of innocent blood is a serious offense in the biblical narrative, often leading to divine judgment. This indictment serves as a call to repentance and a return to righteousness, emphasizing God's concern for justice and the protection of the innocent.

You did not find them breaking in
This phrase indicates that the victims were not caught in any wrongdoing or criminal activity, such as breaking into a house, which might have justified a harsh response. The Hebrew word for "breaking in" is "parats," meaning to break through or burst forth. The implication is that the violence against the innocent poor was entirely unjustified and unprovoked. This serves as a stark reminder of the importance of justice and fairness, as well as the need to protect the rights of the innocent.

but it is because of all these things
The phrase "because of all these things" points to the cumulative effect of the people's sins and transgressions. The Hebrew word "dabar" is often translated as "things" or "words," suggesting that the actions and attitudes of the people have led to this state of moral decay. This serves as a warning that persistent sin and neglect of God's commandments result in severe consequences. It is a call to self-examination and a return to covenant faithfulness, highlighting the need for repentance and transformation in the light of God's holiness and justice.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(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 (Exodus 22:2; Job 24:16); but because of all this--i.e., thou didst slay them through thy passion for idolatry. Of these (1) commends itself most.

Pulpit Commentary

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 Leviticus 17:11, "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" (2 Kings 21:16). 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 Exodus 22:2, 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. Ezekiel 12:5; Matthew 6:19, 20, 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 (Exodus 22:2), 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 Jeremiah 3:7); so Hitzig, Keil Payne Smith; less naturally De Dieu, "because of those false gods"

Parallel Commentaries ...

Hebrew

Moreover,
גַּ֤ם (gam)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

your skirts
בִּכְנָפַ֙יִךְ֙ (biḵ·nā·p̄a·yiḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

are stained
נִמְצְא֔וּ (nim·ṣə·’ū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

with the blood
דַּ֛ם (dam)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

of the innocent
נְקִיִּ֑ים (nə·qî·yîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 5355: Clean, free from, exempt

poor,
אֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים (’eḇ·yō·w·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor

though you did not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

find
מְצָאתִ֖ים (mə·ṣā·ṯîm)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4672: 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
Strong's 4290: A burglary, unexpected examination

But
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

in spite of
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

these things
אֵֽלֶּה׃ (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

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