Jeremiah 2:34

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

Cross-reference

Jeremiah 19:4 repeats the charge of innocent blood, specifically linked to idolatry, deepening the accusation here.

Jeremiah 26:15 warns of bringing innocent blood upon the city — directly echoing the charge of innocent blood on Judah's skirts.

Jeremiah 7:6 condemns shedding innocent blood and oppressing the vulnerable — the same crimes denounced here against Judah's false innocence.

Jeremiah 7:31 also condemns shedding innocent blood through child sacrifice, reinforcing the charge of murder here.

Jeremiah 7:11 calls the temple a 'den of robbers' — revealing the same hollow trust in ritual despite ongoing bloodshed.

In 2 Kings 24:4, Manasseh filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, directly echoing the same sin condemned here — shedding the blood of the innocent poor.

In Ezekiel 24:7, blood is left uncovered on a bare rock — like the innocent blood found on skirts, both emphasize visible, unatoned bloodguilt.

Isaiah 59:7 Parallel

In Isaiah 59:7, the identical phrase 'shed innocent blood' appears, reinforcing the same charge of violent injustice against the helpless.

Isaiah 59:3 Parallel

Isaiah 59:3 says hands are defiled with blood and fingers with iniquity — the same image of visible bloodguilt as on the skirts.

Lamentations 1:9 uses the same 'skirts' image: Jerusalem's uncleanness stains her garment, mirroring the bloodguilt here.

Lamentations 4:14 describes people defiled with blood on their garments — a vivid parallel to bloodstained skirts.

Ezekiel 9:9 Parallel

Ezekiel 9:9 declares the land full of blood and injustice, with God seeing it — directly counters the false innocence claimed here.

Ezekiel 11:6 accuses Jerusalem of multiplying the slain and filling streets with dead — matching the innocent bloodshed here.

Ezekiel 22:2 pronounces judgment on the bloody city, directly paralleling the charge of innocent bloodshed in Jerusalem.

1 Kings 2:5 Parallel

1 Kings 2:5 recounts Joab's murders of Abner and Amasa — innocent blood shed by violence, matching the blood on Jerusalem's skirts.

Matthew 23:35 broadens the principle of righteous blood crying out for judgment, linking to blood on Jerusalem's skirts.

Revelation 18:24 uses the same imagery of blood found in a city, pronouncing judgment on Babylon for all righteous blood.

Psalm 106:38 also mentions shedding innocent blood (of children sacrificed), broadening the concept of bloodshed beyond the poor victims in Jeremiah 2:34.

Ezekiel 7:23 highlights the land full of bloody crimes and violence — the same pervasive bloodshed charged here.

2 Chronicles 28:3 describes child sacrifice in the Valley of Hinnom — another case of innocent blood shed, though not by robbery.