Jeremiah 2:22

Even if you wash with lye
and use a great amount of soap,
the stain of your sin is still in front of Me.
This is the Lord God’s declaration.

My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag,
and You would cover over my iniquity.

The sin of Judah is written
with an iron stylus.
With a diamond point
it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts
and on the horns of their altars,

Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;
his sin is stored up.

“Is it not stored up with Me,
sealed up in My vaults?

If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,

You have set our unjust ways before You,
our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Yahweh, if You considered sins,
Lord, who could stand?

for My gaze takes in all their ways. They are not concealed from Me, and their guilt is not hidden from My sight.

The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob:

I will never forget all their deeds.

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For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,

for My gaze takes in all their ways. They are not concealed from Me, and their guilt is not hidden from My sight.

The sin of Judah is written
with an iron stylus.
With a diamond point
it is engraved on the tablet of their hearts
and on the horns of their altars,

“Is it not stored up with Me,
sealed up in My vaults?

My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag,
and You would cover over my iniquity.

You have set our unjust ways before You,
our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Yahweh, if You considered sins,
Lord, who could stand?

Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;
his sin is stored up.

The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob:

I will never forget all their deeds.

“Is it not stored up with Me,
sealed up in My vaults?

“Stay here today also,” David said to Uriah, “and tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next.

If I wash myself with snow,
and cleanse my hands with lye,