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34 On your clothing can be found
    the life-blood of the innocent poor,
    whom you never caught breaking into a house.
Despite all this,[a]
35 you continue to proclaim, “I am innocent;
    obviously, he has no cause to be angry with me.”
But behold, I will bring judgment upon you
    for claiming that you have not sinned.
36 How nonchalant you are
    as you change your course.
Just as you were shamed by Assyria,
    you will be put to shame by Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:34 An allusion to sacrifices of children: see Jer 7:31. It was permissible to kill thieves caught in the act (see Ex 22:1).