Holy Scripture
Jeremiah 2:34
A church father on this verse
“(Verse 33, 34) Why do you insist on showing your good path in seeking affection, when you have also taught your wicked ways? And on your wings (or in your hands) the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent is found. I did not find them in ditches (or pits), but in all of these (or under every oak tree). In vain, h…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
34and in thy hands has been found the blood of innocent souls; I have not found them in holes, but on every oak.
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In context
32Will a bride forget her ornaments, or a virgin her girdle? but my people has forgotten me days without number.
33What fair device wilt thou yet employ in thy ways, so as to seek love? it shall not be so; moreover thou hast done wickedly in corrupting thy ways;
— Jeremiah 2:34 —
35Yet thou saidst, I am innocent: only let his wrath be turned away from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, whereas thou sayest, I have not sinned.
36For thou hast been so exceedingly contemptuous as to repeat thy ways; but thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.