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Jeremiah 2:22-24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 2:22-24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
22 Even if you wash with lye
and use a great amount of soap,(A)
the stain of your sin is still in front of Me.(B)
This is the Lord God’s declaration.
23 How can you protest, “I am not defiled;
I have not followed the Baals”?(C)
Look at your behavior in the valley;
acknowledge what you have done.(D)
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,
24 a wild donkey(E) at home[a] in the wilderness.
She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire.
Who can control her passion?
All who look for her will not become tired;
they will find her in her mating season.[b]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:24 Lit donkey taught
- Jeremiah 2:24 Lit her month
Jeremiah 2:22-24
New International Version
Jeremiah 2:22-24
New International Version
22 Although you wash(A) yourself with soap(B)
and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.(C)
23 “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;(D)
I have not run after the Baals’?(E)
See how you behaved in the valley;(F)
consider what you have done.
You are a swift she-camel
running(G) here and there,
24 a wild donkey(H) accustomed to the desert,(I)
sniffing the wind in her craving—
in her heat who can restrain her?
Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves;
at mating time they will find her.
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