Jeremiah 2:22
ContextNET © | You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,” 1 says the Lord God. 2 |
NIV © | Although you wash yourself with soda and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Sovereign LORD. |
NASB © | "Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity is before Me," declares the Lord GOD. |
NLT © | No amount of soap or lye can make you clean. You are stained with guilt that cannot be washed away. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken! |
MSG © | Scrub, using the strongest soaps. Scour your skin raw. The sin-grease won't come out. I can't stand to even look at you!" GOD's Decree, the Master's Decree. |
BBE © | For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God. |
NRSV © | Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, says the Lord GOD. |
NKJV © | For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, Yet your iniquity is marked before Me," says the Lord GOD. |
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NET © | You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,” 1 says the Lord God. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “Even if you wash with natron/lye, and use much soap, your sin is a stain before me.” 2 tn Heb “Lord Yahweh.” For an explanation of this title see the study notes on 1:6. |