Isaiah 1:16-19

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¹⁶Wash^(A) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;^(B)
    stop doing wrong.^(C)
¹⁷Learn 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)
¹⁹If you are willing and obedient,^(L)
    you will eat the good things of the land;^(M)

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Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor

Jeremiah 36:3-7

New International Version

³Perhaps^(A) when the people of Judah hear^(B) about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn^(C) from their wicked ways; then I will forgive^(D) their wickedness and their sin.”

⁴So Jeremiah called Baruch^(E) son of Neriah,^(F) and while Jeremiah dictated^(G) all the words the Lord had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them on the scroll.^(H) ⁵Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am restricted; I am not allowed to go to the Lord’s temple. ⁶So you go to the house of the Lord on a day of fasting^(I) and read to the people from the scroll the words of the Lord that you wrote as I dictated.^(J) Read them to all the people of Judah^(K) who come in from their towns. ⁷Perhaps they will bring their petition^(L) before the Lord and will each turn^(M) from their wicked ways, for the anger^(N) and wrath pronounced against this people by the Lord are great.”