And byou said, ‘I will not transgress,’
When con every high hill and under every green tree
You lay down, dplaying the harlot.
How then have you turned before Me
Into bthe degenerate plant of an alien vine?
Yet your iniquity is amarked before Me,” says the Lord God.
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley;
Know what you have done:
You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
That sniffs at the wind in her desire;
In her time of mating, who can turn her away?
All those who seek her will not weary themselves;
In her month they will find her.
But you said, a‘There is no hope.
No! For I have loved baliens, and after them I will go.’
So is the house of Israel ashamed;
They and their kings and their princes, and their priests and their aprophets,
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American Standard Version
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Amplified® Bible
For though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, yet your iniquity {and} guilt are still [upon you; you are] spotted, dirty, {and} stained before Me, says the Lord.
Contemporary English Version
The LORD said: People of Israel, you are stained with guilt, and no soap or bleach can wash it away.
Darby English Version
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much potash, thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Good News Bible
Even if you washed with the strongest soap, I would still see the stain of your guilt.
King James Version
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
New American Standard Bible
"Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity is before Me, declares the Lord GOD."
New International Version
Although you wash yourself with soda
and use an abundance of soap,
the stain of your guilt is still before me,"
declares the Sovereign LORD.
New King James Version
For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap,
Yet your iniquity is marked before Me,” says the Lord GOD.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity has come before Me," declares the Lord GOD.
Revised Standard Version
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, says the Lord GOD.
Young's Literal Translation
But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
New English Translation
You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,”1 says the Lord God.2
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