Isaiah 1:16-19

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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;

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Footnotes

Isaiah 1:18 Or argue

Isaiah 55:6-7

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⁶^(A)Seek the Lord while He may be found;
^(B)Call upon Him while He is near.
⁷^(C)Let the wicked abandon his way,
And the unrighteous person his ^(D)thoughts;
And let him ^(E)return to the Lord,
And He will have ^(F)compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will ^(G)abundantly pardon.

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Jeremiah 18:11

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¹¹So now, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am ^(A)forming a disaster against you and devising a plan against you. Now ^(B)turn back, each of you from his evil way, and ^[a]correct your ways and your deeds!”’

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