Jeremiah 2:21-23
King James Version
21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
22 For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
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Jeremiah 2:21-23
English Standard Version
21 (A)Yet I planted you a choice vine,
wholly of pure seed.
(B)How then have you turned degenerate
and become a wild vine?
22 Though you wash yourself with lye
and use much soap,
(C)the stain of your guilt is still before me,
declares the Lord God.
23 (D)How can you say, ‘I am not unclean,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way (E)in the valley;
know what you have done—
a restless young camel running here and there,
The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. ESV Text Edition: 2025.
