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Jeremiah 2

Jer. 2:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For though thou wash
kabac (Hebrew #3526)
to trample; hence, to wash (properly, by stamping with the feet), whether literal (including the fulling process) or figurative
KJV usage: fuller, wash(-ing).
Pronounce: kaw-bas'
Origin: a primitive root
thee with nitre
nether (Hebrew #5427)
mineral potash (so called from effervescing with acid)
KJV usage: nitre.
Pronounce: neh'-ther
Origin: from 5425
, and take thee much
rabah (Hebrew #7235)
to increase (in whatever respect)
KJV usage: (bring in) abundance (X -antly), + archer (by mistake for 7232), be in authority, bring up, X continue, enlarge, excel, exceeding(-ly), be full of, (be, make) great(-er, -ly, X -ness), grow up, heap, increase, be long, (be, give, have, make, use) many (a time), (any, be, give, give the, have) more (in number), (ask, be, be so, gather, over, take, yield) much (greater, more), (make to) multiply, nourish, plenty(-eous), X process (of time), sore, store, thoroughly, very.
Pronounce: raw-baw'
Origin: a primitive root
soap
boriyth (Hebrew #1287)
vegetable alkali
KJV usage: sope.
Pronounce: bo-reeth'
Origin: feminine of 1253
, yet thine iniquity
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
is marked
katham (Hebrew #3799)
properly, to carve or engrave, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe indelibly
KJV usage: mark.
Pronounce: kaw-tham'
Origin: a primitive root
v before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
me, saith
n'um (Hebrew #5002)
an oracle
KJV usage: (hath) said, saith.
Pronounce: neh-oom'
Origin: from 5001
the Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
God
Yhovih (Hebrew #3069)
a variation of 3068 (used after 136, and pronounced by Jews as 430, in order to prevent the repetition of the same sound, since they elsewhere pronounce 3068 as 136)
KJV usage: God.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vee'
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Psa. 90:8• 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee,{HR}Our secret [sins] in the light of thy face. (Psa. 90:8)

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nitre,
Soap; Sope,
Washing

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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For though.
Job 9:30‑31• 30If I wash myself with snow-water,{HR}And cleanse my hands with lye,
 31Then wouldest thou plunge me in the ditch,{HR}And mine own clothes would abhor me. (Job 9:30‑31)
yet thine iniquity.
Jer. 16:17• 17For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. (Jer. 16:17)
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Jer. 17:1• 1The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars: (Jer. 17:1)
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Deut. 32:34• 34Is not this hidden with me,{HR}Sealed up among my treasures?{HR} (Deut. 32:34)
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Job 14:17• 17My transgression is sealed up in a bag,{HR}And thou sewest up mine iniquity. (Job 14:17)
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Psa. 90:8• 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee,{HR}Our secret [sins] in the light of thy face. (Psa. 90:8)
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Psa. 130:3• 3If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities,{HR}Lord, who shall stand? (Psa. 130:3)
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Hos. 13:12• 12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid by in store. (Hos. 13:12)
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Amos 8:7• 7Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works. (Amos 8:7)
• But it is of no use for a backslider to try and put things right outwardly. That is the next point. External washing will not do. It is the inside-the heart-that must be put right. (“Backsliding in Heart” by W.T.P. Wolston)
• The covenant under which they had placed themselves had only manifested their guilt and helplessness. God alone would be their resource: and we know He was yet to send a Saviour whose precious blood does for every believing sinner what no “soap and nitre” (no human effort) ever could do—cleanse from every sin. But this it is not yet the province of Jeremiah to make known. (“Chapter 2” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)