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Jeremiah 2:23 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 2 · verse 23
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;Jeremiah 2:23 · King James Version
Jeremiah 2:23 in context
21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
22For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
23How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
24A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
25Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pollutedṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral senseH2930 →
- BaalimBaʻalBaal, a Phoenician deityH1168 →
- valleygayʼa gorge (from its lofty sidesH1516 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- gonehâlakto walkH1980 →
- knowyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
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In these verses the prophet goes on with his charge against this backsliding people. Observe here, I. The sin itself that he charges them with - idolatry, that great provocation which they were so notoriously guilty of. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-28