Jeremiah 2:23
"How can you say, 'I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals'? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
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Jeremiah 2:34, 35
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 . . .

Genesis 3:12, 13
And the man answered, "The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it." . . .

1 Samuel 15:13, 14
When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, "May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD's instructions." . . .

Psalm 36:2
For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.

Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

Proverbs 30:12, 20
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth. . . .

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, it says to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

1 John 1:8-10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. . . .

Revelation 3:17, 18
You say, 'I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked. . . .

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Jeremiah 3:2
"Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat waiting for your lovers beside the highways, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

Psalm 50:21
You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But I Myself will rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

Ezekiel 16:1
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Ezekiel 23:1
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

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Jeremiah 7:31
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire--something I did not command, nor did it enter My mind.

Isaiah 57:5, 6
who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? . . .

thou art a swift.

Esther 8:16
For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"How can you say, 'I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals '? Look at your way in the valley! Know what you have done! You are a swift young camel entangling her ways,

King James Bible
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;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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,

International Standard Version
"How can you say, 'I'm not defiled. I haven't gone after the Baals.'? Look at what you've done in the valley. Know what you have done. You are a swift young camel galloping aimlessly;

NET Bible
"How can you say, 'I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.' Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.
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