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Jeremiah 2:20-22
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20 “For long ago I (A)broke your yoke
    and burst your bonds;
    but you said, (B)‘I will not serve.’
Yes, (C)on every high hill
    and under every green tree
    you bowed down (D)like a whore.
21 (E)Yet I planted you a choice vine,
    wholly of pure seed.
(F)How then have you turned degenerate
    and become a wild vine?
22 Though you wash yourself with lye
    and use much soap,
    (G)the stain of your guilt is still before me,
declares the Lord God.

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Jeremiah 2:20-22
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20 “For long ago [a](A)I broke your yoke
And tore off your restraints;
But you said, ‘I will not serve!’
For on every (B)high hill
And under every leafy tree
You have lain down as a prostitute.
21 Yet I (C)planted you as a choice vine,
A completely faithful 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 guilt is before Me,” declares the Lord [c]God.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:20 Or you
  2. Jeremiah 2:22 Lit acquire much soap for yourself
  3. Jeremiah 2:22 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
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