Isaiah 1:18

Come now, and let us reason together, 1 saith Hashem; 1 though your sins be as scarlet, 1 they shall be as white as snow; 1 though they be red like crimson, 1 they shall be as wool. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

In Context

17Learn to do good; 1 seek mishpat, 1 relieve the oppressed, 1 judge the fatherless, 1 plead for the almanah. 1

19If ye be willing and obedient, 1 ye shall eat the good of ha'aretz; 1

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Cross References

Psalms 51:7Surely, I was brought forth in avon; 1 and in chet did immi conceive me. + 51:7 i.e., I was a sinner from conception 1

Isaiah 1:23Thy sarim (princes) are rebellious, 1 and companions of ganavim: 1 every one loveth bribes, 1 and followeth after rewards: 1 they give no justice to the fatherless, 1 neither doth the cause of the almanah come unto them. 1

Isaiah 41:1Keep silence before Me, O iyim (islands); 1 and let the people renew their ko'ach (strength); 1 let them come near; 1 then let them speak; let us come near together for mishpat (judgment, i.e., G-dʼs tribunal). 1

Isaiah 43:24Thou hast bought Me no fragrant calamus with kesef, 1 neither hast thou filled Me with the chelev of thy zevakhim; 1 but thou hast wearied Me with thy chattot, 1 thou hast wearied Me with thine avonot. 1

Isaiah 44:22I have swept away thy peysha'im like a cloud, 1 and like an anan, thy chattot; 1 Shuva elai ki gealticha (return, turn back to Me, for I have redeemed thee). 1

Micah 6:2Hear ye, O harim (mountains), the riv Hashem (dispute, case, lawsuit of Hashem ); 1 listen, ye enduring mosedei eretz (foundations of the earth); 1 for Hashem hath a case against His people, 1 and He will contend with Yisroel. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:17-21

A Call to Repentance; Repentance and Reformation Urged. ( b. c. 738.) 16 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord : though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the… Read the whole commentary →

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