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22 For though you wash yourself with lye,
    and take much soap,
    yet your iniquity is marked before Me,
    says the Lord God.
23 How can you say, “I am not polluted,
    I have not gone after the Baals”?
See your way in the valley.
    Know what you have done.
You are a swift young camel
    entangling her ways,
24 a wild donkey used to the wilderness
    that sniffs the wind in her passion.
    In the time of her heat, who can turn her away?
All those who seek her will not weary themselves;
    in her month they shall find her.

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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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