For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, [yet] thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Quand tu te laverais avec du nitre, Quand tu emploierais beaucoup de potasse, Ton iniquité resterait marquée devant moi, Dit le Seigneur, l'Eternel.
KJV
For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, [yet] thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
Origen
Fragmenta In Lamentationes (In Catenis de Prophetis)
γαθὸς τὴν τοιαύτην αὐτῶν καταπαύεις ζωήν, καὶ κατατέμνεις πᾶσαν αὐτῶν σύστασιν τὴν ἐπὶ κακῷ. Klagel. Jerem. 2, 22. Οἱ κύκλῳ μου, φησί, τὴν Ἰουδαίαν οἰκοῦντες τὴν εἰς ἐμὲ ἐορτὴν ἐνόμιζον καταφυγήν, σωτηρίαν ἐντεῦθεν ἐλπίζοντες· ὡν οὐδεὶς ὑπολέλειπται διὰ τὴν σὴν αὐτοῖς ἐπενεχθεῖσα…
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