³⁰ Even if I washed myself with soap^(A)
    and my hands^(B) with cleansing powder,^(C)

²² Although you wash^(A) yourself with soap^(B)
    and use an abundance of cleansing powder,
    the stain of your guilt is still before me,”
declares the Sovereign Lord.^(C)

⁶ I wash my hands in innocence,^(A)
    and go about your altar, Lord,

¹⁴ Jerusalem, wash^(A) the evil from your heart and be saved.^(B)
    How long^(C) will you harbor wicked thoughts?

¹⁶ Wash^(A) and make yourselves clean.
    Take your evil deeds out of my sight;^(B)
    stop doing wrong.^(C)
17 Learn 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)

¹³ Whoever conceals their sins^(A) does not prosper,
    but the one who confesses^(B) and renounces them finds mercy.^(C)

⁷ if my steps have turned from the path,^(A)
    if my heart has been led by my eyes,
    or if my hands^(B) have been defiled,^(C)