Jeremiah 2:23
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2:23“How can you say, ‘I have not made myself unclean.
I have not paid allegiance to56 the gods called Baal.’
Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom!57
Think about the things you have done there!
You are like a flighty, young female camel
that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path.58
Footnotes
- 56 Heb “I have not gone/followed after.” See the translator’s note on for the meaning and usage of this idiom.
- 57 Heb “Look at your way in the valley.” The valley is an obvious reference to the Valley of Hinnom where Baal and Molech were worshiped and child sacrifice was practiced.
- 58 The metaphor is intended to depict Israel’s lack of clear direction and purpose without the Lord’s control.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
How can you say, ‘I am not unclean,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way in the valley;
know what you have done—
a restless young camel running here and there,
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;
I have not run after the Baals’?
See how you behaved in the valley;
consider what you have done.
You are a swift she-camel
running here and there,
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
How can you protest, “I am not defiled;
I have not followed the Baals”?
Look at your behavior in the valley;
acknowledge what you have done.
You are a swift young camel
twisting and turning on her way,
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NLTNew Living Translation
“You say, ‘That’s not true!
I haven’t worshiped the images of Baal!’
But how can you say that?
Go and look in any valley in the land!
Face the awful sins you have done.
You are like a restless female camel
desperately searching for a mate.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“How can you say, ‘I have not defiled myself,
I have not gone after the Baals?’
Look at your way in the valley,
know what you have done.
You are a young she-camel,
interweaving her ways.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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;
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