THEOSISJeremiah 2:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Though thou wash thyself with nitre, and multiply to thyself the herb borith, thou art stained in thy iniquity before me, saith the Lord God.
כִּ֤י אִם־תְּכַבְּסִי֙ בַּנֶּ֔תֶר וְתַרְבִּי־לָ֖ךְ בֹּרִ֑ית נִכְתָּ֤ם עֲוֺנֵךְ֙ לְפָנַ֔י נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jer 17:1The sin of Juda is written with a pen of iron, with the point of a diamond, it is graven upon the table of their heart, upon the horns of their altars.
- Job 14:17Thou hast sealed up my offences as it were in a bag, but hast cured my iniquity.
- Hos 13:12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up, his sin is hidden.
- Jer 16:17For my eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, and their iniquity hath not been hid from my eyes.
- Ps 130 (129):3
- Ps 90 (89):8
- Amos 8:7The Lord hath sworn against the pride of Jacob: surely I will never forget all their works.
- Deut 32:34Are not these things stored up with me, and sealed up in my treasures?