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22 Though you wash yourself with lye
    and use much soap,
    the stain of your guilt is still before me,
            says the Lord God.(A)

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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)

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Judah’s Sin and Punishment

17 The sin of Judah is written with an iron pen; with a diamond point it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of their altars,(A)

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17 “Judah’s sin is engraved with an iron tool,(A)
    inscribed with a flint point,
on the tablets of their hearts(B)
    and on the horns(C) of their altars.

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17 my transgression would be sealed up in a bag,
    and you would cover over my iniquity.(A)

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17 My offenses will be sealed(A) up in a bag;(B)
    you will cover over my sin.(C)

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12 Ephraim’s iniquity is bound up;
    his sin is kept in store.(A)

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12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
    his sins are kept on record.(A)

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The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob:
Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.(A)

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The Lord has sworn by himself, the Pride of Jacob:(A) “I will never forget(B) anything they have done.(C)

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17 For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my presence, nor is their iniquity concealed from my sight.(A)

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17 My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden(A) from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.(B)

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If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
    Lord, who could stand?(A)

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If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,
    Lord, who could stand?(A)

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You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins in the light of your countenance.(A)

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You have set our iniquities before you,
    our secret sins(A) in the light of your presence.(B)

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30 If I wash myself with soap
    and cleanse my hands with lye,(A)
31 yet you will plunge me into filth,
    and my own clothes will abhor me.

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30 Even if I washed myself with soap(A)
    and my hands(B) with cleansing powder,(C)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit(D)
    so that even my clothes would detest me.(E)

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34 Is not this laid up in store with me,
    sealed up in my treasuries,(A)

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34 “Have I not kept this in reserve
    and sealed it in my vaults?(A)

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