Jeremiah 2:22
Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me," declares the Lord GOD.
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for though

Job 9:30, 31
If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, . . .

yet thine iniquity

Jeremiah 16:17
For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.

Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah is written with an iron stylus, engraved with a diamond point on the tablet of their hearts and on the horns of their altars.

Deuteronomy 32:34
Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?

Job 14:17
My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.

Psalm 90:8
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Psalm 130:3
If you, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

Hosea 13:12
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.

Amos 8:7
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: "I will never forget any of their deeds.

Parallel Verses
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.

King James Bible
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Even if you wash with lye and use a great amount of soap, the stain of your sin is still in front of Me. This is the Lord GOD's declaration.

International Standard Version
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Lord GOD.

NET Bible
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," says the Lord GOD.
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