Isaiah 1:18

Forgiveness Sin Guilt and conscience Purity

¹⁶ 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.”

“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.

¹⁹ If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land.

²⁰ But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

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

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BSB: “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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: “Come now, and let’s reason together,” says the LORD: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
ASV: Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
DARBY: Come now, let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
BLB: “Come now, and let us reason together,” says YHWH. “Though your⁺ sins may be like scarlet, they will be white like snow; though they are red like crimson, they will become like wool.

ÅB: Kom og la oss gå i rette med hverandre, sier Herren; om deres synder er som purpur, skal de bli hvite som snø; om de er røde som skarlagen, skal de bli som den hvite ull.
OTB: "Kom nå, la oss resonnere sammen," sier Herren. "Om deres synder er som skarlagen, skal de bli hvite som snø; om de er røde som purpur, skal de bli som ull.
B1930: Kom og la oss gå i rette med hverandre, sier Herren; om eders synder er som purpur, skal de bli hvite som sne; om de er røde som skarlagen, skal de bli som den hvite ull.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.
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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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Psalms 51:7
Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
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Micah 7:18–19
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
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Isaiah 43:24–26
You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
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Ephesians 1:6–8
to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
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Isaiah 41:21
“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.
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Isaiah 41:1
“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
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