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Isaiah 1:16–17

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16Washm and make yourselves clean.

Take your evil deeds out of my sight;n

stop doing wrong.o

17Learn to do right;p seek justice.q

Defend the oppressed.ar

Take up the cause of the fatherless;s

plead the case of the widow.t

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Footnotes

  1. aOr justice. / Correct the oppressor

Cross references

  1. mSee Ru 3:3; Mt 27:24; Jas 4:8
  2. nNu 19:11, 16; Isa 52:11
  3. oIsa 55:7; Jer 25:5
  4. pSee Ps 34:14
  5. qSee Ps 72:1; Isa 11:4; 33:5; 56:1; 61:8; Am 5:14–15; Mic 6:8; Zep 2:3
  6. rSee Dt 14:29
  7. sver 23; Job 22:9; Ps 82:3; 94:6; Isa 10:2
  8. tSee Ex 22:22; Eze 18:31; 22:7; Lk 18:3; Jas 1:27

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;

remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;

cease to do evil,

learn to do good;

seek justice,

correct oppression;

bring justice to the fatherless,

plead the widow’s cause.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves.

Remove your evil deeds from my sight.

Stop doing evil.

Learn to do what is good.

Pursue justice.

Correct the oppressor.

Defend the rights of the fatherless.

Plead the widow’s cause.

NLTNew Living Translation

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 orphans.

Fight for the rights of widows.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Wash! Make yourselves clean!

Remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes!

Cease to do evil! Learn to do good!

Seek justice! Rescue the oppressed!

Defend the orphan! Plead for the widow!

KJV 1900King James Version

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

Learn to do well;

Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed,

Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.