Jeremiah 2:23
How 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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Psalms 36:2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, Till his iniquity is found out and hated.
Proverbs 28:13He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; But he that confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Proverbs 30:20Such is the way of an adulterous woman; She eateth, and wipeth her mouth, And saith, “I have done nothing wrong.”
Jeremiah 2:33Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? On this account hast thou accustomed thy ways to wickedness.
Jeremiah 7:31They have built the high places of Tophet, Which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, To burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, Which I commanded not, Which even came not 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 →