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Jeremiah 2:22-24
Good News Translation
Jeremiah 2:22-24
Good News Translation
22 Even if you washed with the strongest soap,
I would still see the stain of your guilt.
23 How can you say you have not defiled yourself,
that you have never worshiped Baal?
Look how you sinned in the valley;
see what you have done.
You are like a wild camel in heat,
running around loose,
24 rushing into the desert.[a]
When she is in heat, who can control her?
No male that wants her has to trouble himself;
she is always available in mating season.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:24 Probable text rushing into the desert; Hebrew a wild donkey used to the desert.
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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