Isaiah 1:16
Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
Leeser Tanakh
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
Cross References
2 Kings 17:13The Lord had indeed warned Israel and Judah, by means of all the prophets, all the seers, saying, Turn ye back from your evil ways, and keep my commandments [and] my statutes, in accordance with all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I have sent to you by means of my servants the prophets.
Psalms 26:6I will wash in innocency my hands, and I will compass thy altar, O Lord:
Psalms 37:27Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found, call ye on him, while he is near.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash from wrong doing thy heart, O Jerusalem, in order that thou mayest be saved. How long wilt thou let lodge within thee the thoughts of thy wickedness?
Jeremiah 25:5They said, O do turn away every one from his evil way, and from the wrongfulness of your doings; and ye shall remain in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers, for from eternity to eternity;
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 →