Nitre

How Nave’s arranged it

• A chemical, (soda, R. V., margin)Proverbs 25:20
• (Lye, R. V.)Jeremiah 2:22

The passages, in Bible order (2)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 2 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Proverbs 25:20

   Like one who removes a garment on a cold day or vinegar poured on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

   ›Commentary on Proverbs 25:202 voices

   “As vinegar upon nitre - The original word נתר nather is what is known among chemists as the natron of the ancients and of the Scriptures, and carbonate of soda. It is found native in Syria and India, and occurs as an efflorescence on the soil. In Tripoli it is found in crystalline incrustations of from one third to half an inch thiek. It is found also in solution in the water of some lakes in Egypt and Hungary.

   “Not only is the incongruity of songs (that is, joyful) and sadness meant, but an accession of sadness, by want of sympathy, is implied. As metals are melted by heaping coals upon them, so is the heart softened by kindness.

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2. Jeremiah 2:22

   Although you wash with lye and use an abundance of soap, the stain of your guilt is still before Me,” declares the Lord GOD.

   ›Commentary on Jeremiah 2:222 voices

   “For though thou wash thee with nitre,.... The word נתר, "nitre", is only used in this place and in Pro 25:20 and it is hard to say what it is.

   “For though thou wash thee with nitre - It should be rendered natar or natron, a substance totally different from our nitre. It comes from the root נתר nathar, to dissolve, loosen, because a solution of it in water is abstersive, taking out spots, etc., from clothes. It is still used in the east for the purpose of washing.

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