But a human being is born to trouble, and {they soar aloft} [like] {sparks}.

If I wash myself with soap, and I cleanse my hands with lye,

"Does [the] hawk soar by your wisdom? Does it spread its wings to [the] south?

For if you wash with natron, and you {use much soap}, your guilt [is] sticking as a stain {before} me," {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

[Even] if you soar like the eagle, [even] if your nest is set among [the] stars, from there I will bring you down!" {declares} Yahweh: