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.

“Let Us Reason”

18 “Come now, and (G)let us reason together,”
Says the Lord,
(H)Though your sins are as scarlet,
They will be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They will be like wool.
19 (I)If you consent and obey,
You will (J)eat the best of the land;

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:17 Or Vindicate the fatherless

Judah Threatened with Invasion

“If you will (A)return, O Israel,” declares the Lord,
Then you should return to Me.
And (B)if you will put away your detested 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 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 will you die, O house of Israel?’

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Footnotes

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