For though] Or, Although. thou wash thee with nitre] Though thou use all outward means and rites of cleansing; either naturall, Job 9:30. Malachi 3:2. or ceremoniall; religious, Numbers 19:18-19. Hebrews 9:10; Hebrews 9:13. or superstitious; Isaiah 66:17. or, use all the colourable excuses and pretences that may be: vers. 23, 33, 35. yet nothing will avail to clear or cleanse thee from filth, or to free thee from judgement. Job 9:31. take thee much sope] Heb. multiply sope; as Chap. 46. 11. Hosea 8:14. thine iniquitie is marked before me] It is upon record with me. Deuteronomy 32:34. Job 14:17. Isaiah 65:6. Hosea 13:12. Or, imprinted on thee so deeply, that it cannot be got off or out. Chap. 17. 1.