לְבֵנִ֥ים נָפָ֖לוּ וְגָזִ֣ית נִבְנֶ֑ה שִׁקְמִ֣ים גֻּדָּ֔עוּ וַאֲרָזִ֖ים נַחֲלִֽיף׃
“Batu bata telah runtuh, tetapi kami akan membangun dengan batu pahat; pohon ara hutan telah ditebang, tetapi kami akan menggantinya dengan pohon aras.”
HaKtav VeHaKabalah
He shall not exchange it. Usually חליפה connotes exchange from poor quality to high, as in (Yeshayahu 9:9): “Sycamores have been cut down, and we will exchange them with cedars,” and (ibid. 40:31): “But those who put their hope in Adonoy shall renew strength.” However, the matter of exchanging a sacrifice is the opposite, because one usually exchanges the fine one for one of poor quality, as it says (Hoshea 4:7): “I will exchange their honor for shame”.
Shadal
He shall not substitute it, nor exchange it: This is the generalization. And then it explained [its] details - that he should not exchange it good with bad, nor bad with good. But according to the author of the cantillation marks, it appears that exchange (temurah) [means] of good with bad, and substitution (chiluf) is of bad with good. And there is support for this: "We shall substitute cedars" (Isaiah 9:9); "Those that fear the Lord shall substitute (renew) strength" (Isaiah 40:31); "And they exchanged their glory for the edifice of a bull"...
Rav Hirsch
V. 18. ואם עד אלה. Und wenn, bis es zu solchen Erlebnissen gekommen, לא תשמעו לי: ihr noch immer in der Gleichgültigkeit gegen meinen Willen beharret, so daß ihr noch immer es nicht einmal der Mühe wert haltet, meinen Willen kennen zu lernen. Ihr sucht noch immer die Ursache eures Unglücks in äußeren Veranlassungen und seht nicht, daß die Vernachlässigung meines Gesetzes euer einziges Unglück sei (vergl. Jesaias 9, 9-12).