Jeremiah 2:22

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:17 : 17 Sealed up in a bag `is' my transgression, And Thou sewest up mine iniquity.
  • Jer 17:1 : 1 The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, With the point of a diamond, Graven on the tablet of their heart, And on the horns of your altars,
  • Hos 13:12 : 12 Bound up `is' the iniquity of Ephraim, Hidden `is' his sin,
  • Amos 8:7 : 7 Sworn hath Jehovah by the excellency of Jacob: `I forget not for ever any of their works.
  • Deut 32:34 : 34 Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures?
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands, 31 Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.
  • Ps 90:8 : 8 Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?
  • Jer 16:17 : 17 For Mine eyes `are' upon all their ways, They have not been hidden from My face, Nor hath their iniquity been concealed from before Mine eyes.

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