THEOSISJeremiah 2:35Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
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 judgment, because thou hast said: I have not sinned.
וַתֹּֽאמְרִי֙ כִּ֣י נִקֵּ֔יתִי אַ֛ךְ שָׁ֥ב אַפּ֖וֹ מִמֶּ֑נִּי הִנְנִי֙ נִשְׁפָּ֣ט אוֹתָ֔ךְ עַל־אָמְרֵ֖ךְ לֹ֥א חָטָֽאתִי׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 28:13He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.
- 1 John 1:8If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
- 1 John 1:10If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar: and his word is not in us.
- Isa 58:3Why have we fasted, and thou hast not regarded: have we humbled our souls, and thou hast not taken notice? Behold in the day of your fast your own will is found, and you exact of all your debtors.
- Jer 2:23How canst thou say: I am not polluted, I have not walked after Baalim? see thy ways in the valley, know what thou hast done: as a swift runner pursuing his course.
- Rom 7:9And I lived some time without the law. But when the commandment came, sin revived,
- Job 33:9I am clean, and without sin: I am unspotted, and there is no iniquity in me.
- Jer 25:31The noise is come even to the ends of the earth: for the Lord entereth into judgment with the nations: he entereth into judgment with all flesh; the wicked I have delivered up to the sword, saith the Lord.