Graphic Bible · Scene 8 of 9
Jeremiah 2:31-35
Claiming innocence
The Fountain and the Broken Cisterns · Jeremiah 2
Story guide: The people deny wrongdoing while the vulnerable suffer and devotion is forgotten.
Open this scene in the reader →31You of this generation, consider the word of Yahweh: Have I been a wilderness to Israel, or a land of deep darkness? Why have my people said, “We are free to roam; we will come to you no more”?
32Does a virgin forget her jewelry, or a bride her ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me for days without number.
33How skillfully you set your course in pursuit of love! So you have even taught wicked women your ways.
34Even on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the innocent poor. You did not catch them breaking in. Yet despite all this,
35you said, “I am innocent; surely his anger has turned away from me.” Now I am bringing a case against you because you say, “I have not sinned.”
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