Jeremiah 2:21-23
1599 Geneva Bible
21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, whose [a]plants were all natural: how then art thou turned unto me into the plants of a strange vine?
22 Though thou wash thee with [b]nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
23 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, neither have I [c]followed Baal? behold thy ways in the valley, and know what thou hast done: thou art like a swift [d]dromedary, that runneth by his ways.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Jeremiah 2:21 Hebrew, seed was all true.
- Jeremiah 2:22 Though thou use all the purifications and ceremonies of the law, thou canst not escape punishment, except thou turn to me by faith and repentance.
- Jeremiah 2:23 Meaning, that hypocrites deny that they worship the idols, but that they honor God in them, and therefore they call their doings, God’s service.
- Jeremiah 2:23 He compareth the idolaters to these beasts, because they never cease running to and fro: for both valleys and hills are full of their idolatry.
Geneva Bible, 1599 Edition. Published by Tolle Lege Press. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations in articles, reviews, and broadcasts.
Bible Gateway Recommends
