¹⁸ “Come now, let us settle the matter,”^(A)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;^(B)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.^(C)

³ “Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.^(A)

⁴ What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?^(A)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?^(B)

²⁶ Review the past for me,
    let us argue the matter together;^(A)
    state the case^(B) for your innocence.