You might wash yourself with soap. You might use plenty of strong soap. But I can still see the stains your guilt covers you with,” announces the Lord and King.

你虽用碱、多用肥皂洗濯，你罪孽的痕迹仍然在我面前显出。这是主耶和华说的。

你虽用碱、多用皂荚清洗，你罪孽的痕迹仍显在我面前。这是主耶和华说的。

你虽用碱、多用皂荚清洗，你罪孽的痕迹仍显在我面前。这是主耶和华说的。

纵然你用碱和许多肥皂清洗，你在我面前仍然罪迹斑斑。”这是主耶和华说的。

你虽然用碱洗涤，多加肥皂，你罪孽的污渍仍留在我面前。”这是主耶和华的宣告。

你雖用鹼、多用肥皂洗濯，你罪孽的痕跡仍然在我面前顯出。這是主耶和華說的。

你雖用鹼、多用皂莢清洗，你罪孽的痕跡仍顯在我面前。這是主耶和華說的。

你雖用鹼、多用皂莢清洗，你罪孽的痕跡仍顯在我面前。這是主耶和華說的。

縱然你用鹼和許多肥皂清洗，你在我面前仍然罪跡斑斑。」這是主耶和華說的。

你雖然用鹼洗滌，多加肥皂，你罪孽的污漬仍留在我面前。”這是主耶和華的宣告。

你雖用鹼、多用肥皂、去洗濯，你罪孽的污漬仍顯在我面前：這是主永恆主發神諭說的。

爾雖以鹼、與多皁莢自濯、爾之罪跡尚在我前、主耶和華言之矣、

主耶和華又曰、爾雖以鹼水皂莢、洗濯厥身、然爾犯罪、黥墨之跡、終不能滅。

爾雖以皂莢、多用鹼水洗濯、爾罪之跡、終不能滅、仍露於我前、此乃主所言、

Although you wash yourself with soap and use an abundance of cleansing powder, the stain of your guilt is still before me,” declares the Sovereign Lord.

Though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, the stain of your guilt is still before me, declares the Lord God.

No amount of soap or lye can make you clean. I still see the stain of your guilt. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!

Even if you wash with lye and use a great amount of bleach, the stain of your iniquity is still in front of me. This is the Lord GOD’s declaration.

Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your guilt is before Me,” declares the Lord God.

For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, Yet your iniquity is marked before Me,” says the Lord GOD.

For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Even if you wash with lye and use a great amount of soap, the stain of your sin is still in front of Me. This is the Lord God’s declaration.

For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap,[ yet] thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.

You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see,” says the Lord GOD.

For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me,” says the Lord Yahweh.

“ Judah’s sin is carved with an iron tool. It is written with the flint point of the tool. It is carved on the tablets of their hearts. It is written on the horns that stick out from the corners of their altars.

The wrong things I’ve done will be sealed up in a bag. You will wipe out my sins by forgiving them.

Ephraim’s guilt is piling up. I am keeping a record of all their sins.

You have put our sins right in front of you. You have placed our secret sins where you can see them clearly.

Suppose I clean myself with soap. Suppose I wash my hands with cleanser.Even then you would throw me into a muddy pit. And even my clothes would hate me.

The Lord says,“ I have kept all those terrible things stored away. I have kept them sealed up in my strongbox.

People of Jacob, you are proud that the Lord is your God. But he has made a promise in his own name. He says,“ I will never forget anything Israel has done.

My eyes see everything these people do. What they do is not hidden from me. I always see their sin.

Lord, suppose you kept a close watch on sins. Lord, who then wouldn’t be found guilty?