כִּ֤י אִם־תְּכַבְּסִי֙ בַּנֶּ֔תֶר וְתַרְבִּי־לָ֖ךְ בֹּרִ֑ית נִכְתָּ֤ם עֲוֺנֵךְ֙ לְפָנַ֔י נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה׃
Sapagkat kahit maghugas ka man sa natron at gumamit ka ng maraming sabon, nananatiling isang mantsa sa harap Ko ang iyong kasamaan, sabi ng Panginoong Walang-Hanggan.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“Though you wash” [2:22]. The Holy One said: if you would wash yourself with soap, that is to say, you will repent. Nonetheless, I will still punish you because your sins are great.
Rashi
with natron A type of earth with which garments are cleansed and rubbed.
Rashi
soap Heb. בֹּרִית, cleanliness. Comp. “And pure (וּבַר) of heart” (Ps. 24:4). Some explain בֹּרִית as savon in French, soap.
Rashi
your iniquity is stained Jon. renders: Like the mark of a stain that is unclean, so have your sins increased before Me.
Rashi
your iniquity This is said concerning the iniquity of the ‘Golden Calf,’ which remains in existence forever, as it is stated: “And on the day of My visitation, I will visit upon them their sin” (Exodus 32:34). All visitations that come upon Israel have part of the iniquity of the Golden Calf in them.