²¹Yet ^mI had planted thee ⁿa noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into ^othe degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? ²²For though ^pthou wash thee with ^qnitre, and take thee much ^rsoap, yet thine iniquity is ^smarked before me, saith the Lord God.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Yet I planted you a choice vine,

wholly of pure seed.

How then have you turned degenerate

and become a wild vine?

Though you wash yourself with lye

and use much soap,

the stain of your guilt is still before me,

declares the Lord God.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I had planted you like a choice vine

of sound and reliable stock.

How then did you turn against me

into a corrupt, wild vine?

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I planted you, a choice vine

from the very best seed.

How then could you turn into

a degenerate, foreign vine?

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.

NLTNew Living Translation

But I was the one who planted you,

choosing a vine of the purest stock—the very best.

How did you grow into this corrupt wild vine?

No amount of soap or lye can make you clean.

I still see the stain of your guilt.

I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yet I planted you as a choice vine,

all of it a seed of trustworthiness.

How then have you altered before me

into something that is degenerate, the foreign vine?

For if you wash with natron,

and you use much soap,

your guilt is sticking as a stain before me,”

declares the Lord Yahweh.