{\b SAMEKH.}\par\par\tab I hate them that are of a double mind;\par\tab But thy law do I love.
Jeremiah 4:14 - American Standard Version 2015 O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved! How long shall your iniquitous and grossly offensive thoughts lodge within you? American Standard Version (1901) O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee? Common English Bible Cleanse your heart of evil, Jerusalem, that you may be saved. How long will you entertain your destructive ideas? Catholic Public Domain Version Wash your heart from malice, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will harmful thoughts abide in you? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wash thy heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayst be saved. How long shall hurtful thoughts abide in thee? |
{\b SAMEKH.}\par\par\tab I hate them that are of a double mind;\par\tab But thy law do I love.
Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,\par\tab And cleanse me from my sin.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?\par\tab And scoffers delight them in scoffing,\par\tab And fools hate knowledge?
let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto Jehovah, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?\par
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, {\i and} with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;
Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and amend your ways and your doings.
For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have rejected it.
Cast away from you all your transgressions, wherein ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.\par
Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.
And the Lord said unto him, {\cf6 Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.
Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.
because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.
and again, {\b The Lord knoweth the reasonings} of the wise, {\b that they are vain.}
Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.