33 (A)So you shall not defile the land in which you live; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except (B)by the blood of the one who shed it. 34 So you shall not (C)defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which (D)I dwell; for I the Lord am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.’”

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I brought you into the (A)fruitful land
To eat its fruit and its good things.
But you came and (B)defiled My land,
And you made My inheritance an abomination.

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And because of the thoughtlessness of her prostitution, she (A)defiled the land and committed [a]adultery with (B)stones and trees.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 3:9 I.e., idolatry

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