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21 I planted you like a choice grapevine from the very best seed.
    Now you have turned against me and have become a wild vine.
22 Even if you wash with detergent and use a lot of soap,
    I would still see the stains from your wickedness,”
        declares Adonay Yahweh.
23 “How can you say that you haven’t dishonored yourselves
    and haven’t followed other gods—the Baals?
        Look how you’ve behaved in the valley.
            Acknowledge what you’ve done.
    You are like a young camel that swiftly runs here and there.

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21 I had planted(A) you like a choice vine(B)
    of sound and reliable stock.
How then did you turn against me
    into a corrupt,(C) wild vine?
22 Although you wash(D) yourself with soap(E)
    and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
    the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.(F)
23 “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled;(G)
    I have not run after the Baals’?(H)
See how you behaved in the valley;(I)
    consider what you have done.
You are a swift she-camel
    running(J) here and there,

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