'Sins' in the Bible

“Come, let us discuss this,”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 be like wool.

Indeed, it was for my own welfarethat I had such great bitterness;but Your love has delivered mefrom the Pit of destruction,for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.

“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,and announce to herthat her time of forced labor is over,her iniquity has been pardoned,and she has received from the Lord’s handdouble for all her sins.”

You have not bought Me aromatic cane with silver,or satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices.But you have burdened Me with your sins;you have wearied Me with your iniquities.

“It is I who sweep away your transgressionsfor My own sakeand remember your sins no more.

I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud,and your sins like a mist.Return to Me,for I have redeemed you.

“Cry out loudly, don’t hold back!Raise your voice like a trumpet.Tell My people their transgressionand the house of Jacob their sins.

But your iniquities have built barriersbetween you and your God,and your sins have made Him hide His face from youso that He does not listen.

For our transgressions have multiplied before You,and our sins testify against us.For our transgressions are with us,and we know our iniquities: