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;
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. God brings a legal case against Israel: they have exchanged his glory for worthless idols, a unique sin among nations. Israel is like a choice vine that has become a wild vine, a wayward camel or wild donkey in heat. …
Other Translations
How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
How sayest thou, `I have not been defiled, After the Baalim I have not gone?' See thy way in a valley, know what thou hast done, A swift dromedary winding her ways,
How are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out;
Cross References
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?
Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou …
Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways.
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, …
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways …
And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to …
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the Lord hath created a new thing in the …
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.