Jeremiah 2:23

Translations

Modern

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,

Traditional

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;

Literal

How can you say, ‘I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals’? See your way in the valley; know what you have done—a swift young she-camel entangling her ways,

Latin

Quomodo dicis: Non sum polluta; post Baalim non ambulavi? Vide vias tuas in convalle; scito quid feceris: cursor levis explicans vias suas.

Original

Hebrew

English

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,

Notes

Jeremiah 2:23

The people denied being Baal worshipers (compare Jeremiah 2:25). Archaeologists have found small plaques depicting Asherah, a female goddess, and a male god resembling Baal. However, the inscriptions on these plaques bear the name of the Lord (Yahweh). Sometimes, Baal worship was disguised as worship of Israel's God.

Jeremiah 2:23–3:5

Israel did not act like a loyal wife. Instead, she acted like:

A wild animal in heat (Jeremiah 2:23–25)
A thief (Jeremiah 2:26–30)
A prostitute (Jeremiah 2:31–3:5)

Theme notes and profiles

God’s New Covenant The Broken Covenant

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 7:31
They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
Proverbs 30:12
There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
Jeremiah 31:22
How long will you wander, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the land—a woman will shelter a man.”
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Isaiah 57:5–6
…who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
1 Samuel 15:13–14
When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”
Revelation 3:17–18
You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
Genesis 3:12–13
And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
Esther 8:16
For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.
Jeremiah 2:33–35
How skillfully you pursue love! Even the most immoral of women could learn from your ways.
Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
Ezekiel 23:1–49
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Parallels

Judges 2:10–15 Isaiah 43:22–28

People

Baal: Canaanite god, "Lord/God of the Covenant"

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Courts and Trials Gehenna Jeremiah (Person) Priests and Levites Sexual Immorality

Topics

Baal: An Idol of the Phoenicians, God of the Sun: Jeremiah Expostulates Against the Worship of Camel: Uses of Posts Church: Backslidden Confidence: False Self-Righteousness: General Scriptures Concerning The Camel: The Dromedary a Species of, Remarkable for Swiftness the Wild Donkey: Israel in Their Love of Idols Wicked (People): Described

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