What Does Jeremiah 2:23 Mean?

how? or how!; also where

“How canst thou say”

to say (used with great latitude)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“I am not polluted”

to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

“after”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

“Baalim”

baal, a phoenician deity

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“I have not gone”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“see”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

“her ways”

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

“in the valley”

a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)

“know”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

“what thou hast done”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

“dromedary”

a young she-camel

“thou art a swift”

light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)

“traversing”

to interlace

“her ways”

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb