Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; 1 seek justice, make straight the oppression, + 1:17 Instead of make straight the oppression , some versions have help the oppressed . 1 give justice to the fatherless, defend the widow.” 1

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In The King James Version

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

In Context

16Wash, cleanse yourselves; 1 remove the evil of your deeds from my sight; 1 stop being evil; 1

18“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh; 1 “though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white like snow; 1 though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 82:3Defend the poor and fatherless; 1 maintain the rights of the afflicted and destitute. 1

Proverbs 21:3To do what is right and just 1 is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. 1

Isaiah 1:23Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves; 1 everyone loves bribes and runs after payoffs. 1 They do not defend the fatherless, nor does the widow's legal plea come before them. 1

Jeremiah 22:3Yahweh says this, “Perform justice and righteousness, and anyone who has been robbed—rescue him from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat any foreigner in your land, or any orphan or widow. Do not commit violence or pour out innocent blood in this place.

Ezekiel 22:7They have dishonored fathers and mothers within you, and they have performed oppression on the foreigners in your midst. They have mistreated the orphans and the widows within you.

Daniel 4:27Therefore, king, let my advice be acceptable to you. Stop sinning and do what is right. Turn away from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, and it may be that your prosperity will be extended.”

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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