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16 Wash you, make you clean, put away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes. Cease to do evil,

17 learn to do well. Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed; judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

18 “Come now, and let us reason together,” saith the Lord. “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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16 Wash(A) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(B)
    stop doing wrong.(C)
17 Learn to do right;(D) seek justice.(E)
    Defend the oppressed.[a](F)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(G)
    plead the case of the widow.(H)

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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor