Jeremiah 2:35
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.”
שָׁפַט
am about to enter into judgment with
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
חָטָא
I have sinned
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חָטָא
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
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שׁוּב
it has turned back
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שׁוּב
To return, to turn back. Shuwb. The Hebrew word behind both repentance and restoration. Return to Me and I will return to you.
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עַל
because
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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נָקָה
I am innocent
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נָקָה
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
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מִן
from/ me
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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הֵן
here/ I
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הֵן
lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
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