Jeremiah 2:20-22
Legacy Standard Bible
20 “For long ago [a](A)I broke your yoke
And tore off your bonds;
But you said, ‘I will not serve!’
For on every (B)high hill
And under every green tree
You have lain down as a harlot.
21 Yet I (C)planted you a choice vine,
A completely true seed.
How then have you turned yourself before Me
Into the (D)degenerate shoots of a foreign vine?
22 Although you (E)wash yourself with lye
And [b]use much soap,
The (F)stain of your iniquity is before Me,” declares Lord Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:20 Or you
- Jeremiah 2:22 Lit cause to be great to you
Jeremiah 2:20-22
American Standard Version
20 For of old time [a]I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not [b]serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot. 21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate branches of a foreign vine unto me? 22 For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Jeremiah 2:20 Or, thou hast
- Jeremiah 2:20 Another reading is, transgress
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