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23 “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled.
    I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley.
    Know what you have done.
You are a swift dromedary traversing her ways, 24 a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs the wind in her craving.
    When she is in heat, who can turn her away?
    All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month, they will find her.
25 “Keep your feet from being bare,
    and your throat from thirst.
But you said, ‘It is in vain.
    No, for I have loved strangers,
    and I will go after them.’

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23 “How(A) can you say, ‘I am not [a]polluted,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley;
Know what you have done:
You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
24 A wild donkey used to the wilderness,
That sniffs at the wind in her desire;
In her time of mating, who can turn her away?
All those who seek her will not weary themselves;
In her month they will find her.
25 Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst.
But you said, (B)‘There is no hope.
No! For I have loved (C)aliens, and after them I will go.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 2:23 defiled