“‘You sinned against me\par and became stained with sin.\par I wanted to wash you and make you clean.\par But the stains would not come out.\par I won’t try washing you again\par until my hot anger is finished with you!\par
Then the priest must come in and check the house. If the infection has spread in the house, then it is a disease that spreads quickly to other places. So the house is unclean. [222]
“After new stones and plaster [223] are put in a house, the priest must check the house. If the mildew [224] has not spread through the house, then the priest will announce that the house is clean. [225] Why? Because the mildew is gone!
Those people were made free from the evil things in the world. They were made free by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. But if those people go back into those evil things and those things control them, then it is worse for them than it was before.
What those people did is like this true saying: “When a dog vomits (throws up), he comes back to his vomit.” {\cf2\super [10]} And, “After a pig is washed, the pig goes back and rolls in the mud again.”