Jeremiah 2:22
Though thou shouldest wash thyself with niter, and multiply to thyself soap, still thou art stained by thine iniquities before me, saith the Lord.
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2 Samuel 11:12And David said to Uriah, Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will let thee go. So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the day following.
Job 9:31Thou hadst thoroughly plunged me in filth, 1 And my garment had abhorred me. 1
Psalms 90:8Only with thine eyes shalt thou observe 1 And see the reward of sinners. 1
Jeremiah 16:17For mine eyes are upon all their ways; and their iniquities have not been hidden from mine eyes.
Ezekiel 24:6Therefore thus saith the Lord; O bloody city, the caldron in which there is scum, and the scum has not gone out of, she has brought it forth piece by piece, no lot has fallen upon it.
Amos 8:7The Lord swears against the pride of Jacob, None of your works shall ever be forgotten.
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 →