Isaiah 1:16

Wash yourselves and clean yourselves up. Get rid of your sins—I don't want to see them! Stop doing evil!

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In The King James Version

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

In Context

15When you hold up your hands to me in prayer, I'll look away. Even though you pray many prayers, I won't pay attention to them, because your hands are full of blood.

17Learn to do good; strive for justice, condemn those who oppress others; support the rights of orphans, take up cases to defend widows.

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Cross References

2 Kings 17:13Yet the Lord had warned Israel and Judah repeatedly through all his prophets and seers, saying, “Leave your wicked ways and keep my commandments and instructions. Follow the whole law that I ordered your forefathers to obey, and gave to you through my servants the prophets.”

Psalms 26:6I wash my hands to show my innocence. I come to worship at your altar, Lord,

Psalms 37:27Reject evil, do what is good, and you will live forever in the land.

Isaiah 55:6Look for the Lord while you can still find him; call out to him while he's nearby.

Jeremiah 4:14Clean the evil from your heart, Jerusalem, so that you can be saved. How long will you hold onto your evil thoughts?

Jeremiah 25:5The consistent message has been: Give up your evil ways and the evil things you're doing so you can live in the country that the Lord has given to you and your forefathers forever.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:11-16

The Vanity of Mere Ritual Obedience. ( b. c. 738.) 10 Hear the word of the Lord , ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? 13 Bring no more vain oblations; incense is… Read the whole commentary →

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