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Purification of Jerusalem

16 ‘Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves.(A)
Remove your evil deeds from my sight.
Stop doing evil.(B)
17 Learn to do what is good.
Pursue justice.(C)
Correct the oppressor.[a]
Defend the rights of the fatherless.
Plead the widow’s cause.

18 ‘Come, let’s settle this,’(D)
says the Lord.
‘Though your sins are scarlet,
they will be as white as snow;(E)
though they are crimson red,
they will be like wool.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:17 Or Aid the oppressed