How canst thou say: I am not polluted, I have not walked after Baalim? see thy ways in the valley, know what thou hast done: as a swift runner pursuing his course.

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Jeremiah 2:34,35 And in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor and innocent? not in ditches have I found them, but in all places, which I mentioned before. . . .

Genesis 3:12,13 And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat. . . .

1 Samuel 15:13,14 And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said to him: Blessed be thou of the Lord, I have fulfilled the word of the Lord. . . .

Psalm 36:2 For in his sight he hath done deceitfully, that his iniquity may be found unto hatred.

Proverbs 28:13 He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.

Proverbs 30:12,20 A generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their filthiness. . . .

Luke 10:29 But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my neighbour?

Romans 3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law: that every mouth may be stopped and all the world may be made subject to God.

1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. . . .

Revelation 3:17,18 Because thou sayest: I am rich and made wealthy and have need of nothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. . . .

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Jeremiah 3:2 Lift up thy eyes on high: and see where thou hast not prostituted thyself: thou didst sit in the ways, waiting for them as a robber in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications, and with thy wickedness.

Psalm 50:21 These things hast thou done, and I was silent. Thou thoughtest unjustly that I should be like to thee: but I will reprove thee, and set before thy face.

Ezekiel 16:1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Ezekiel 23:1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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Jeremiah 7:31 And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Ennom, to burn their sons, and their daughters in the fire: which I commanded not, nor thought on in my heart.

Isaiah 57:5,6 Who seek your comfort in idols under every green tree, sacrificing children in the torrents, under the high rocks? . . .

thou art a swift.

Esther 8:16 But to the Jews, a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing.