Jeremiah 2:22

For though thou wash thee with nitre, And take thee much soap, Yet is thine iniquity black before me, saith Jehovah.

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In The King James Version

For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

In Context

21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, Wholly a genuine seed; How then art thou changed to the degenerate shoot of a strange vine?

23How canst thou say, “I am not polluted,” “I have not gone after Baals”? Behold thy way in the valley! Know what thou hast done, A swift young camel, traversing her ways.

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Cross References

Job 9:31Still wilt thou plunge me into the pit, So that my own clothes will abhor me.

Psalms 90:8Thou settest our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Jeremiah 16:17For mine eyes are upon all their ways; They are not concealed from my view, Nor is their iniquity hidden from mine eyes.

Ezekiel 24:6Wherefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Woe to the city of blood, to the caldron in which is rust, and whose rust goeth not out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

Amos 8:7Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob: Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

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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