¹⁶ “^(A)Wash yourselves, ^(B)make yourselves clean;
^(C)Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
^(D)Cease to do evil,
¹⁷ Learn to do good;
^(E)Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
^[a](F)Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.

^6 (A)Seek the Lord while He may be found;
^(B)Call upon Him while He is near.
^7 (C)Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man 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.