13 Yet the (A)Lord warned Israel and Judah (B)through all His prophets and (C)every seer, saying, “(D)Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments, My statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets.”

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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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20 but kept declaring both (A)to those of Damascus first, and also (B)at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even (C)to the Gentiles, that they should (D)repent and turn to God, performing deeds (E)appropriate to repentance.

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