² All a person’s ways seem pure to them,^(A)
    but motives are weighed^(B) by the Lord.^(C)

² A person may think their own ways are right,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.^(A)

¹² those who are pure in their own eyes^(A)
    and yet are not cleansed of their filth;^(B)

² In their own eyes they flatter themselves
    too much to detect or hate their sin.^(A)

¹⁰ “I the Lord search the heart^(A)
    and examine the mind,^(B)
to reward^(C) each person according to their conduct,
    according to what their deeds deserve.”^(D)

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,