Jeremiah 2:22
ESV
Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, declares the Lord God.
NIV
Although you wash yourself with soap and use an abundance of cleansing powder, the stain of your guilt is still before me," declares the Sovereign Lord.
NASB
Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your guilt is before Me,' declares the Lord God.
CSB
Even if you wash with lye and use a great amount of bleach, the stain of your iniquity is still in front of me. This is the Lord God’s declaration.
NLT
No amount of soap or lye can make you clean. I still see the stain of your guilt. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!
KJV
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
NKJV
For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, Yet your iniquity is marked before Me,” says the Lord God.