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Jeremiah 2:22

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For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord GOD.

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Verse 22. Borith. An herb used to clean clothes, and take out spots and dirt, ( Challoner.) like kali, soda, ( Calmet.) or soap. Langius.—Prot. “and take thee much soap.” Bible.

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