Isaiah 1:16-19

Song of Solomon 8 Isaiah 2

Isaiah 1:16-19 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

¹⁶“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
Stop doing evil,
¹⁷Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor,
Obtain justice for the orphan,
Plead for the widow’s case.

Invitation to Debate

¹⁸“Come now, and let us ^[a]debate your case,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are as scarlet,
They shall become as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.
¹⁹If you are willing and obedient,
You will eat the best of the land;

Footnotes:

Isaiah 1:18 Or argue

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jeremiah 36:3-7

Jeremiah 35 Jeremiah 37

Jeremiah 36:3-7 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

³Perhaps the house of Judah will listen to all the disaster which I plan to carry out against them, so that every person will turn from his evil way; then I will forgive their wrongdoing and their sin.”

⁴Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a ^[a]scroll ^[b]at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which He had spoken to him. ⁵Jeremiah then commanded Baruch, saying, “I am ^[c]restricted; I cannot go into the house of the Lord. ⁶So you go and read from the scroll, which you have written ^[d]at my dictation, the words of the Lord ^[e]to the people at the Lord’s house on a day of fasting. And you shall also read them ^[f]to all the people of Judah who come from their cities. ⁷Perhaps their pleading will ^[g]come before the Lord, and everyone will turn from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”