Isaiah 1:16

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Summary

Isaiah 1:16

Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

Put away

1 Peter 2:1

Cease

General references

Leviticus 15:5

Leviticus 26:23

Job 9:30

Bible References

Put away

Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call on Him [for salvation] while He is near.

“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each one in accordance with his conduct,” says the Lord God. “Repent (change your way of thinking) and turn away from all your transgressions, so that sin may not become a stumbling block to you.

Therefore say to the Jews, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts (armies), “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and I shall return to you.

So produce fruit that is consistent with repentance [demonstrating new behavior that proves a change of heart, and a conscious decision to turn away from sin];

that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires,

For the [remarkable, undeserved] grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.

So put aside every trace of malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander and hateful speech;

Cease

Turn away from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.

Depart from evil and do good;
And you will dwell [securely in the land] forever.

Hate evil and love good,
And establish justice in the [court of the city] gate.
Perhaps the Lord God of hosts
Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [that is, those who remain after God’s judgment].

Love is to be sincere and active [the real thing—without guile and hypocrisy]. Hate what is evil [detest all ungodliness, do not tolerate wickedness]; hold on tightly to what is good.

Therefore, rejecting all falsehood [whether lying, defrauding, telling half-truths, spreading rumors, any such as these], speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one another [and we are all parts of the body of Christ].

“He must turn away from wickedness and do what is right.
He must search for peace [with God, with self, with others] and pursue it eagerly [actively—not merely desiring it].

General references

Whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening;

‘And if by these things you are not turned to Me, but act with hostility against Me,

“If I were to wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,