Jeremiah 2:23

How canst thou say, I have not defiled myself, After the Baalim, have I not gone? See thy way, in the valley, Own what thou hast done,—A nimble young she-camel, crossing her own ways;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 nitre, And take thee much soap, Yet is thine iniquity inscribed before me Declareth My Lord Yahweh.

24A wild ass, taught of the desert, In the desire of her soul, she snuffeth the wind, In her occasion, who can turn her back? None who seek her, will weary themselves, In her month, they shall find her!

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Cross References

1 Samuel 15:13And Samuel came unto Saul,—and Saul said unto him—Blessed, be thou by Yahweh: I have established the word of Yahweh.

Psalms 36:2For he flattereth himself [too much] in his own eyes, to find his iniquity—to hate [it].

Proverbs 28:13He that covereth his transgressions, shall not prosper, but, he that confesseth and forsaketh, shall find compassion.

Proverbs 30:20So, is the way of a woman committing adultery,—she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no iniquity!

Jeremiah 2:33How thou dost make winsome thy way, to seek love! Therefore, even unto wicked women, hast thou 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 up their sons and their daughters in the fire,—Which I commanded not, Neither came it up on my heart,

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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