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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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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
גַּ֤םgamalsoH1571 →
בִּכְנָפַ֙יִךְ֙bikh.na.Fa.yikhon skirts yourH3671 →
נִמְצְא֔וּnim.tze.'Uthey were foundH4672 →
דַּ֛םdam[the] blood ofH1818 →
נַפְשׁ֥וֹתnaf.Shot[the] lives ofH5315 →
אֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים'ev.yo.Nimneedy [people]H34 →
נְקִיִּ֑יםne.ki.YiminnocentH5355 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
בַמַּחְתֶּ֥רֶתva.mach.Te.retin <the> breaking inH4290 →
מְצָאתִ֖יםme.tza.Timyou found themH4672 →
כִּ֥יkiforH3588 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
אֵֽלֶּה׃'E.lehthese [things]H428 →

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Isaiah 59:3For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.2 Kings 21:16Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.2 Kings 24:4and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.Jeremiah 19:4because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.Jeremiah 7:6if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,Psalms 106:38They 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.Lamentations 4:14They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.Exodus 22:2If a thief is caught breaking in and is beaten to death, no one shall be guilty of bloodshed.Ezekiel 22:25The conspiracy of the princes in her midst is like a roaring lion tearing its prey. They devour the people, seize the treasures and precious things, and multiply the widows within her.Psalms 10:15Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call him to account for his wickedness until none is left to be found.Ezekiel 9:9He 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.’Jeremiah 7:11Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD.Job 10:6that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—Lamentations 1:9Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!Psalms 106:37–38They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.Isaiah 57:5who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.Ezekiel 20:31When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you!

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