Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"The blood of the lives of the poor innocents"
Text: Jeremiah 2:34
BLOOD-STAINED GARMENTS
One of the earliest laws God gave, was that man must not murder. There will be a reckoning for the person who sheds the blood of another man (Genesis 9:5). The law against murder was included as one of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17).
“Also on your skirts is found
The blood of the lives of the poor innocents.
I have not found it by secret search,
But plainly on all these things.”
Jeremiah 2:34
1. “Also on your skirts is found the blood of the lives of the poor innocents”
a) Some idolatrous practices:
i) Included occultic practices (2 Kings 21:6).
ii) Child sacrifices were not uncommon.
iii) King Manasseh made his son pass through fire (2 Kings 21:6).
iv) King Ahaz burned his own children (2 Chronicles 28:3).