Isaiah 1:16-20

New American Standard Bible

¹⁶“^(A)Wash yourselves, ^(B)make yourselves clean;
^(C)Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
^(D)Stop doing evil,
¹⁷Learn 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;
²⁰But if you refuse and rebel,
You will be ^(K)devoured by the sword.”
For ^(L)the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

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Footnotes

Isaiah 1:18 Or argue

Jeremiah 7:5

New American Standard Bible

⁵For ^(A)if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly ^(B)practice justice between a person and his neighbor,

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Jeremiah 7:5 in all English translations

Jeremiah 7:23

New American Standard Bible

²³But this is ^[a]what I commanded them, saying, ‘^(A)Obey My voice, and ^(B)I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you shall walk ^[b]entirely in the way which I command you, so that it may ^(C)go well for you.’

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Jeremiah 7:23 Lit the word
Jeremiah 7:23 Lit in all the way

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Zechariah 1:4

New American Standard Bible

⁴“Do not be ^(A)like your fathers, to whom the ^(B)former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘This is what the Lord of armies says: “^(C)Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did ^(D)not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the Lord.