Jeremiah 2:21-23

The Voice

²¹    I am the One who planted you like a select vine, chosen from vintage stock.
        How could you turn into such a useless, wild weed of a vine?
²²    You can scrub yourself with all the soap you want,
        but you’ll never be able to wash away the stain of what you’ve done before Me.

So says the Eternal Lord.

²³Eternal One (to His people): How can you say, “I have not been defiled”?
        How can you reply, “I have not run after the idols of Baal?”
    You know exactly what you’ve done down in the valley—
        you’re like a young camel running here and there without any direction.

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