פּירוש אויף ירמיהו 2:22

“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.

with natron A type of earth with which garments are cleansed and rubbed.

soap Heb. בֹּרִית, cleanliness. Comp. “And pure (וּבַר) of heart” (Ps. 24:4). Some explain בֹּרִית as savon in French, soap.

your iniquity is stained Jon. renders: Like the mark of a stain that is unclean, so have your sins increased before Me.

כתם is tka in O.F.

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.