Jeremiah 2:23

How can thou say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baalim? See thy way in the valley. Know what thou have done, a swift dromedary traversing her ways,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;

In Context

22For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, says lord LORD.

24a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind in her desire. In her time of estrus who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month they shall find her.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him, Blessed be thou of LORD. I have performed the commandment of LORD.

Psalms 36:2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated.

Proverbs 28:13He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.

Proverbs 30:20So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats, and wipes her mouth, and says, I have done no iniquity.

Jeremiah 2:33How thou trim thy way to seek love! Therefore even the wicked women thou have taught thy ways.

Jeremiah 7:31And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 2:21-29

Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 629.) 20 For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. 21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? 22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God . 23 How canst thou… Read the whole commentary →

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