"If,however, the markbreaksout againin the houseafterhe has tornout the stonesand scrapedthe house,and afterit has been replastered,
"In your filthinessis lewdness.BecauseI [would] have cleansedyou, Yet you are not clean,You will not be cleansedfrom your filthinessagainUntilI have spentMy wrathon you.
"Then they shall takeotherstonesand replace[those] stones,and he shall takeotherplasterand replasterthe house.
then the priestshall comein and makean inspection.Ifhe seesthat the markhas indeedspreadin the house,it is a malignantmarkin the house;it is unclean.
"If,on the other hand, the priestcomesin and makesan inspectionand the markhas not indeedspreadin the houseafterthe househas been replastered,then the priestshall pronouncethe housecleanbecausethe markhas not reappeared.
For if,after they have escapedthe defilementsof the worldby the knowledgeof the Lordand SaviorJesusChrist,they are againentangledin them and are overcome,the laststate has becomeworsefor them than the first.
It has happenedto them according to the true proverb,"A DOGRETURNSTO ITS OWNVOMIT,"and, "A sow,after washing,[returns] to wallowingin the mire."
These are the menwho are hidden reefsin your love feastswhen they feastwith you without fear,caringfor themselves;cloudswithout water,carried alongby winds;autumntreeswithout fruit,doublydead,uprooted;
