Jeremiah 2:22
Jeremiah · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.”Jeremiah 2:22
What Does Jeremiah 2:22 Mean?
Jeremiah 2:22 is found in the book of Jeremiah, chapter 2, verse 22 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Purity, Repentance, and Sin.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jeremiah 2:22 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 13:23“Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.”Proverbs 16:2“All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.”Jeremiah 17:1“The 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;”Job 9:30“If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;”Proverbs 28:13“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”Malachi 3:2“But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:”Job 14:17“My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.”Hosea 13:12“The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.”Deuteronomy 32:34“Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?”Psalms 90:8“Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.”Psalms 130:3“If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?”Jeremiah 16:17“For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.”1 John 1:8“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”Amos 8:7“The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.”Deuteronomy 21:6“And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley:”1 Samuel 15:14“And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?”2 Samuel 11:12“And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.”2 Samuel 14:32“And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king’s face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me.”Psalms 109:15“Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.”Proverbs 30:12“There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.”
People & Places
God
Study Jeremiah 2:22 in the ScriptureVerse app
Every verse in the app has a study sheet with its cross-references (OpenBible.info's 344,799) and commentary, and an AI Bible Teacher that shows the verses behind its answers. Coming to iPhone on February 10, 2027.
Join the waitlist