⁴ Who can bring what is pure^(A) from the impure?^(B)
    No one!^(C)

¹⁷ My offenses will be sealed^(A) up in a bag;^(B)
    you will cover over my sin.^(C)

⁹ ‘I am pure,^(A) I have done no wrong;^(B)
    I am clean and free from sin.^(C)

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)

²² Although you wash^(A) yourself with soap^(B)
    and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
    the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.^(C)

¹² The guilt of Ephraim is stored up,
    his sins are kept on record.^(A)