Jeremiah 2:22

nitre: i.e.. mineral alkali. In Palestine. compound of soap.

sope. soap.

marked. graven.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 2:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Nitre - Or, natron, a mineral alkali, found in the Nile valley, where it effloresces upon the rocks and surfaces of the dykes, and in old time wa...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For though thou shalt wash thee with (g) lye, and take thee much soap, [yet] thy iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. (g) Though you us...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Israel's False Religion. Israel has forfeited the privileges of a son, and incurred disaster by forsaking Yahweh for the sensuous worship of the Ba...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We have already seen, and the Prophet will often repeat the same thing, — that the people were become so refractory that they would not willing...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. For though thou wash the...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Though thou wash thee with nitre— See Proverbs 25:20 and Scheuchzer's observations on the place. See Virg. Georg. 3:
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. Nitre - not what i...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Second Prophecy (2:1-3:5) The prophet expostulates with Israel because of their unfaithfulness to Jehovah. 1-13. Under the figure of...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Nitre] RV 'lye,'i.e. natron, or carbonate of soda.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Nitre. — The mineral alkali found in the natron lakes of Egypt that took their name from it. The Hebrew word nether is the origin of the Greek a...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER II THE TRUST IN THE SHADOW OF EGYPT Jeremiah 2:1-37 ; Jeremiah 3:1-5 THE first of the prophet's public addresses is, in fact, a sermo...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first movement in commissioning the called man now commences. He was commanded to utter a great impeachment in the ears of Jerusalem. This impeac...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I include all these verses under one view, as the doctrine is one and the same, though varied with several similitudes. But the whole is intended to...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For though thou wash thee with nitre ,.... The word נתר, "nitre", is only used in this place and in Proverbs 25:20 and it is hard to say what it i...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, [yet] thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. Ver. 22. For though t...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For though thou wash thee with nitre , &c. Though thou shouldest use ever so many methods of washing away thy sins, such as the rites of expiati...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Expostulations with Israel. B. C. 629. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Though interpreters do greatly vary. in describing what is particularly meant here by nitre and soap, and it would be superfluous to mention here;...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Had Broken Free From YHWH To Worship False Gods And Had Thereby Become Defiled With A Defilement And A Degeneracy That They Could Not Remove, W...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES .— 1. Chronology. Most probably in thirteenth Josiah, quickly after his call. Dr. Dahler (Stratsbourg) would interpos...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 2:22 The nitre here mentioned was a mineral substance, and the soap was a vegetable substance, both employed for the purpose of removing...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:1-3 . Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem saying, Thus saith the LORD: I remember thee...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 2:20-26 . For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill a...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 2:2 . I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth. God now addressed them, that he might do the same to the children as he had done to the...
The Biblical Illustrator

Though thou wash thee with nitre. No self-expiation One of the shortest, but most pregnant, words in our language is sin. And yet it is one of...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The second chapter forms the introduction of a group of discourses (Jeremiah 2-6), which should be read together. It is called By Ewa...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sin of Idolatry
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For though thou wash thee with niter, an alkali having the properties of lye, used for washing, and take thee much soap, the potash which, mixed wi...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Amos 8:7 ; Deuteronomy 32:34 ; Hosea 13:12 ; Jeremiah 16:17 ; Jeremiah 17:1 ; Job 14:17 ; Job 9:30 ; Job 9:31 ; Psalms 130:3 ; Psalms 90:8...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Nitre — Though interpreters do greatly vary in describing what is particularly meant here by Nitre and Soap, and would be superfluous to mention he...

²² For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 2:22

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 2:22