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Jeremiah 2:22

Sin

20 “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.

21 I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine?

Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

23 “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,

24 a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.
KJV
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
WEB
For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord GOD.
ASV
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
DARBY
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
BLB
For though you wash with lye, and use for yourself much soap, your iniquity is a stain before My face,” a declaration of the Lord YHWH.
ÅB
For om du enn ville vaske deg med pottaske og bruke meget lut, så skulle dog din misgjerning være skitten for mitt åsyn, sier Herren, Israels Gud.
OTB
Selv om du vasker deg med lut og bruker mye såpe, er flekken av din skyld fortsatt foran meg," erklærer den suverene Herren.
B1930
For om du enn vilde tvette dig med pottaske og bruke meget lut, så skulde dog din misgjerning være skitten for mitt åsyn, sier Herren, Israels Gud.

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