Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil ways. Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of the orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.
“Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them white as snow. Thought they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool. If you will obey Me, you will have plenty to eat. But if you turn away from Me and refuse to listen, you will be devoured by the sword of your. enemies. I, the Lord have spoken!” (vv. 16-20, NLT)