Isaiah 1:16
Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.
Young's Literal Translation
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
17Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive [for] the widow.
Cross References
2 Kings 17:13And Jehovah testifieth against Israel, and against Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and every seer, saying, 'Turn back from your evil ways, and keep My commands, My statutes, according to all the law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent unto you by the hand of My servants the prophets;'
Psalms 26:6I wash in innocency my hands, And I compass Thine altar, O Jehovah.
Psalms 37:27Turn aside from evil, and do good, and dwell to the age.
Isaiah 55:6Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,
Jeremiah 4:14Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength?
Jeremiah 25:5'Turn back, I pray you, each from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell on the ground that Jehovah hath given to you and to your fathers from age unto age,
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 →