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22 Although you (A)wash yourself with lye
And [a]use much soap,
The (B)stain of your iniquity is before Me,” declares Lord Yahweh.
23 (C)How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;
I have not walked after the (D)Baals’?
Look at your way in the (E)valley!
Know what you have done!
You are a swift young camel (F)entangling her ways,
24 A (G)wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness,
That sniffs the wind in her passion.
In the time of her [b]heat who can turn her away?
All who seek her will not become weary;
In her month they will find her.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:22 Lit cause to be great to you
  2. Jeremiah 2:24 Lit occasion