Jeremiah 2:35

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתֹּֽאמְרִי֙ כִּ֣י נִקֵּ֔יתִי אַ֛ךְ שָׁ֥ב אַפּ֖וֹ מִמֶּ֑נִּי הִנְנִי֙ נִשְׁפָּ֣ט אוֹתָ֔ךְ עַל־אָמְרֵ֖ךְ לֹ֥א חָטָֽאתִי׃

Transliteration

Wattōʾmərî that niqqêtî ʾak šāḇ ʾappô from me hinnənî nišpāṭ ʾôtāk ʿal-ʾāmrēk not ḥāṭāʾtî.

Grammar Details

*Wattōʾmərî*: qal imperfect consecutive, 2nd person feminine singular - and you said
*niqqêtî*: piel perfect, 1st person singular - I am innocent/I am cleansed
*ʾak*: adverb - surely/only/indeed
*šāḇ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - turned away/turned back
*ʾappô*: noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his anger/nostril
*hinnənî*: interjection with 1st person singular suffix - behold me/here I am
*nišpāṭ*: niphal participle, masculine singular - entering into judgment/contending
*ʾôtāk*: direct object marker with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - with you
*ʿal*: preposition - concerning/because of
*ʾāmrēk*: qal infinitive construct with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your saying
*ḥāṭāʾtî*: qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have sinned

Word Meanings

*niqqêtî*: I am innocent/I am cleansed/I am acquitted
*ʾak*: surely/only/indeed/nevertheless
*šāḇ*: turned away/turned back/has subsided
*ʾappô*: his anger/his nostril/his wrath
*nišpāṭ*: entering into judgment/contending/bringing to trial
*ʿal*: concerning/because of/on account of

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 28:13 : 13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Isa 58:3 : 3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.
Jer 2:9 : 9 Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
Jer 2:23 : 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;
Jer 2:29 : 29 Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD.
Jer 25:31 : 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
Rom 7:9 : 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Job 33:9 : 9 I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.

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