18 “Come now, (A)let us reason[a] together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as (B)white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
    they shall become like wool.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:18 Or dispute

22 (A)I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud
    and your sins like mist;
return to me, for I have redeemed you.

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24 You have not bought me sweet cane with money,
    or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins;
    you have wearied me with your iniquities.

25 “I, I am he
    (A)who blots out (B)your transgressions for my own sake,
    and I will not remember your sins.
26 Put me in remembrance; (C)let us argue together;
    set forth your case, that you may be proved right.

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14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of (A)the great tribulation. (B)They have washed their robes and (C)made them white (D)in the blood of the Lamb.

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The Futility of Idols

21 Set forth your case, says the Lord;
    bring your proofs, says the King of Jacob.

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And (A)he reasoned in the synagogue (B)every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

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God's Steadfast Love and Compassion

18 (A)Who is a God like you, (B)pardoning iniquity
    and passing over transgression
    (C)for the remnant of his inheritance?
(D)He does not retain his anger forever,
    because he delights in steadfast love.
19 He will (E)again have compassion on us;
    (F)he will tread our iniquities underfoot.
(G)You will cast all our[a] sins
    into the depths of the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:19 Hebrew their

Fear Not, for I Am with You

41 (A)Listen to me in silence, (B)O coastlands;
    let the peoples renew their strength;
let them approach, then let them speak;
    let us together draw near for judgment.

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(A)to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in (B)the Beloved. (C)In him we have (D)redemption (E)through his blood, (F)the forgiveness of our trespasses, (G)according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight

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20 Now (A)the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, (B)grace abounded all the more,

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And Paul went in, (A)as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them (B)from the Scriptures,

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Now therefore stand still that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the righteous deeds of the Lord that he performed for you and for your fathers.

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(A)Hear, you mountains, (B)the indictment of the Lord,
    and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against his people,
    and he will contend with Israel.

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Thus says the Lord:

(A)“What wrong did your fathers find in me
    that they went far from me,
(B)and went after (C)worthlessness, and became worthless?

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25 And as he reasoned (A)about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, “Go away for the present. (B)When I get an opportunity I will summon you.”

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