Isaiah 1:16

¹⁴ I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.

¹⁵ When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!

¹⁷ Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

¹⁸ “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: Wash and cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil!
KJV: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
WEB: Wash yourselves. Make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
ASV: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
DARBY: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil,
BLB: Wash, cleanse yourselves; turn aside the evil of your⁺ deeds from before My eyes. Cease to do evil.

ÅB: Vask dere, rens dere, ta deres onde gjerninger bort fra mine øyne, hold opp å gjøre det som er ondt!
OTB: Rens dere, gjør deres handlinger rene. Fjern ondskapen i deres gjerninger fra mine øyne. Slutt å gjøre ondt,
B1930: Tvett eder, rens eder, ta eders onde gjerninger bort fra mine øine, hold op å gjøre det som er ondt!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
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1 Peter 3:11
He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.
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1 Peter 2:1
Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
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2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, beloved, since we have these promises, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that defiles body and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
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James 4:8
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
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Ezekiel 18:30–31
Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
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Titus 2:11–14
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to everyone.
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Revelation 7:14
“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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