16 (A)Wash yourselves, (B)make yourselves clean;
(C)Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
(D)Stop doing evil,
17 Learn to do good;
(E)Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor,
(F)Obtain justice for the orphan,
Plead for the widow’s case.

Invitation to Debate

18 “Come now, and (G)let us [a]debate your case,”
Says the Lord,
(H)Though your sins are as scarlet,
They shall become as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.
19 (I)If you are willing and obedient,
You will (J)eat the best of the land;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:18 Or argue

Judah Threatened with Invasion

“If you will (A)return, Israel,” declares the Lord,
Then you should return to Me.
And (B)if you will put away your detestable things from My presence,
And will not waver,

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11 Say to them, ‘(A)As I live!’ declares the Lord [a]God, ‘I take (B)no pleasure at all in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked (C)turn from his way and live. (D)Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then should you die, house of Israel?’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 33:11 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch

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