Jeremiah 2:22

For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much sope, yet thine iniquitie is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity is before Me, declares the Lord GOD."
- New American Standard Version (1995)

For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
- American Standard Version (1901)

For even if you are washed with soda and take much soap, still your evil-doing is marked before me, says the Lord God.
- Basic English Bible

Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me," declares the Lord GOD.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
- Darby Bible

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.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
- English Revised Version

For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me," says the Lord Yahweh.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 2:22

2:22 Nitre - Though interpreters do greatly vary in describing what is particularly meant here by Nitre and Soap, and would be superfluous to mention here; yet all agree, they are some materials that artists make use of for cleansing away spots from the skin. The blot of this people is by no art to be taken out; nor expiated by sacrifices; it is beyond the power of all natural and artificial ways of cleansing. Marked - Thy filthiness is so foul that it leaves a brand behind which cannot be hid or washed out, but will abide, #Jer 17:1|.