Isaiah 1:18

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Summary

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.

And let us

Though your

General references

Ezekiel 33:16

Bible References

And let us

“Present your case,” the Lord says.
“Bring forward your strong arguments,”
The King of Jacob says.

“You have bought Me not

sweet cane with money,

Nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices;
Rather you have burdened Me with your sins,
You have wearied Me with your iniquities.

So now, take your stand, that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the righteous acts of the Lord which He did for you and your fathers.

Thus says the Lord,
“What injustice did your fathers find in Me,
That they went far from Me
And walked after emptiness and became empty?

“Listen, you mountains, to the indictment of the Lord,
And you enduring foundations of the earth,
Because the Lord has a case against His people;
Even with Israel He will dispute.

And according to Paul’s custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.

But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, “Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you.”

Though your

“I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud
And your sins like a heavy mist.

Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”

Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;

Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in unchanging love.

The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

General references

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?

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

The priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet material and cast it into the midst of the burning heifer.

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

None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he shall surely live.