Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Although you wash yourself with soap and use an abundance of cleansing powder, the stain of your guilt is still before me,” declares the Sovereign LORD. New Living Translation No amount of soap or lye can make you clean. I still see the stain of your guilt. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken! English Standard Version Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, declares the Lord GOD. Berean Standard Bible Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. King James Bible For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. New King James Version For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, Yet your iniquity is marked before Me,” says the Lord GOD. New American Standard Bible “Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your guilt is before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. NASB 1995 “Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity is before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. NASB 1977 “Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity is before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. Legacy Standard Bible Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity is before Me,” declares Lord Yahweh. Amplified Bible “For though you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your guilt is [still] before Me [and you are soiled and dirty],” says the Lord GOD. Christian Standard Bible Even if you wash with lye and use a great amount of bleach, the stain of your iniquity is still in front of me. This is the Lord GOD’s declaration. Holman Christian Standard Bible Even if you wash with lye and use a great amount of soap, the stain of your sin is still in front of Me. This is the Lord GOD’s declaration. American Standard Version For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if you will be whitened in niter and you multiply sulphur for yourself, your sins have defiled them among you before me, says LORD JEHOVAH God Brenton Septuagint Translation Though thou shouldest wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself soap, still thou art stained by thine iniquities before me, saith the Lord. Contemporary English Version The LORD said: People of Israel, you are stained with guilt, and no soap or bleach can wash it away. Douay-Rheims Bible Though thou wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself the herb borith, thou art stained in thy iniquity before me, saith the Lord God. English Revised Version For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. GOD'S WORD® Translation Even if you wash with detergent and use a lot of soap, I would still see the stains from your wickedness," declares the Almighty LORD. Good News Translation Even if you washed with the strongest soap, I would still see the stain of your guilt. International Standard Version Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Lord GOD. JPS Tanakh 1917 For though thou wash thee with nitre, And take thee much soap, Yet thine iniquity is marked before Me, Saith the Lord GOD. Literal Standard Version But though you wash with natron, | And multiply soap to yourself, | Your iniquity is marked before Me,” | A declaration of Lord YHWH. Majority Standard Bible Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. New American Bible Even if you scour it with lye, and use much soap, The stain of your guilt is still before me, oracle of the Lord GOD. NET Bible You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord GOD. New Revised Standard Version Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, says the Lord GOD. New Heart English Bible For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me," says the Lord GOD. Webster's Bible Translation For though thou shalt wash thee with niter, and take thee much soap, yet thy iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. World English Bible For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord Yahweh. Young's Literal Translation But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Consequences of Israel's Sin…21I had planted you like a choice vine from the very best seed. How could you turn yourself before Me into a rotten, wild vine? 22Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD. Cross References Job 9:30 If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, Job 14:17 My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity. Jeremiah 4:14 Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you? Jeremiah 16:17 For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes. Jeremiah 17:1 "The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars. Hosea 13:12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up. Treasury of Scripture For though you wash you with nitre, and take you much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, said the Lord GOD. for though Job 9:30,31 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; … yet thine iniquity Jeremiah 16:17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. Jeremiah 17:1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; Deuteronomy 32:34 Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? Jump to Previous Abundance Affirmation Although Declares Evil-Doing Guilt Iniquity Lye Marked Multiply Nitre Soap Soda Sovereign Stain Thyself Use Wash WashedJump to Next Abundance Affirmation Although Declares Evil-Doing Guilt Iniquity Lye Marked Multiply Nitre Soap Soda Sovereign Stain Thyself Use Wash WashedJeremiah 2 1. God having shown his former kindness, 5. expostulates with the people on their causeless and unexampled revolt 14. They are the causes of their own calamities 18. The sins and idolatries of Judah 35. Her confidence is rejected. (22) Nitre.--The mineral alkali found in the natron lakes of Egypt that took their name from it. The Hebrew word nether is the origin of the Greek and English words. (Comp. Proverbs 25:20.) Sope.--Not the compounds of alkali and oil or fat now known by the name, but the potash or alkali, obtained from the ashes of plants, which was used by itself as a powerful detergent. The thought is the same as that of Job 9:30, and, we may add, as that of Macbeth, Acts 2, sc. 2 :-- "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red." The guilt was too strongly "marked," too "deep-dyed in grain" to be removed by any outward palliatives. Verse 22. - Nitre does not mean the substance which now bears that name, but "natron," a mineral alkali, deposited on the shores and on the bed of certain lakes in Egypt, especially those in the Wady Nat-run (the ancient Nitria, whence came so large a store of precious Syriac manuscripts). In ancient times, this natron was collected to make lye from for washing purposes (comp. Proverbs 25:20). Sope; rather, potash; the corresponding vegetable alkali (comp. Isaiah 1:25). Thine iniquity is marked. So Kimchi and Gesenius (through a doubtful etymology); but the Aramaic use of the word favors the rendering stained, i.e. filthy. The word is in the participle, to indicate the permanence of the state (comp. "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood," etc.? 'Macbeth').Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Althoughכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you wash תְּכַבְּסִי֙ (tə·ḵab·bə·sî) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 3526: To trample, to wash with lye בַּנֶּ֔תֶר (ban·ne·ṯer) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5427: Natron or carbonate of soda and use an abundance וְתַרְבִּי־ (wə·ṯar·bî-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person feminine singular Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great of soap, בֹּרִ֑ית (bō·rîṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1287: Lye, alkali, potash, soap the stain נִכְתָּ֤ם (niḵ·tām) Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3799: To carve, engrave, to inscribe indelibly of your guilt עֲוֺנֵךְ֙ (‘ă·wō·nêḵ) Noun - common singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity is still before Me,” לְפָנַ֔י (lə·p̄ā·nay) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6440: The face declares נְאֻ֖ם (nə·’um) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5002: An oracle the Lord אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord GOD. יְהוִֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH Links Jeremiah 2:22 NIVJeremiah 2:22 NLT Jeremiah 2:22 ESV Jeremiah 2:22 NASB Jeremiah 2:22 KJV Jeremiah 2:22 BibleApps.com Jeremiah 2:22 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 2:22 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 2:22 French Bible Jeremiah 2:22 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jeremiah 2:22 For though you wash yourself with lye (Jer.) |
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