Isaiah 1:18

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

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  • Ps 51:7 : 7 Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.
  • Isa 41:21 : 21 Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.
  • Isa 43:24-26 : 24 Thou hast not bought for Me with money sweet cane, And `with' the fat of thy sacrifices hast not filled Me, Only -- thou hast caused Me to serve with thy sins, Thou hast wearied Me with thine iniquities. 25 I -- I `am' He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember. 26 Cause me to remember -- we are judged together, Declare thou that thou mayest be justified.
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 and I have said to him, `Sir, thou hast known;' and he said to me, `These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;
  • Isa 44:22 : 22 I have blotted out, as `by' a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as `by' a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.
  • Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who `is' a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He -- He delighteth `in' kindness. 19 He doth turn back, He pitieth us, He doth subdue our iniquities, And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins.
  • Acts 18:4 : 4 and he was reasoning in the synagogue every sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks.
  • Eph 1:6-8 : 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved, 7 in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, 8 in which He did abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
  • Rom 5:20 : 20 And law came in, that the offence might abound, and where the sin did abound, the grace did overabound,
  • Isa 41:1 : 1 Keep silent towards Me, O isles, And the peoples pass on `to' power, They come nigh, then they speak, `Together -- to judgment we draw near.'
  • 1 Sam 12:7 : 7 and, now, station yourselves, and I judge you before Jehovah, with all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which He did with you, and with your fathers.
  • Mic 6:2 : 2 Hear, O mountains, the strife of Jehovah, Ye strong ones -- foundations of earth! For a strife `is' to Jehovah, with His people, And with Israel He doth reason.
  • Acts 24:25 : 25 and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, `For the present be going, and having got time, I will call for thee;'
  • Acts 17:2 : 2 and according to the custom of Paul, he went in unto them, and for three sabbaths he was reasoning with them from the Writings,
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 Thus said Jehovah: What -- have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,

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  • 19 If ye are willing, and have hearkened, The good of the land ye consume,

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    7 Forsake doth the wicked his way, And the man of iniquity his thoughts, And he returneth to Jehovah, and He pitieth him, And unto our God for He multiplieth to pardon.

    8 For not My thoughts `are' your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, -- an affirmation of Jehovah,

  • 22 I have blotted out, as `by' a thick cloud, Thy transgressions, And as `by' a cloud thy sins, Return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.

  • 7 Thou cleansest me with hyssop and I am clean, Washest me, and than snow I am whiter.

  • 22 But though thou dost wash with nitre, And dost multiply to thyself soap, Marked is thine iniquity before Me, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

  • 1 John 1:7-9
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    7 and if in the light we may walk, as He is in the light -- we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son doth cleanse us from every sin;

    8 if we may say -- `we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

    9 if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

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  • Isa 64:5-6
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    5 Thou hast met with the rejoicer And the doer of righteousness, In Thy ways they remember Thee, Lo, Thou hast been wroth when we sin, By them `is' continuance, and we are saved.

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    1 Turn back, O Israel, unto Jehovah thy God, For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity.

    2 Take with you words, and turn to Jehovah, Say ye unto Him: `Take away all iniquity, and give good, And we do render the fruit of our lips.

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    25 I -- I `am' He who is blotting out Thy transgressions for Mine own sake, And thy sins I do not remember.

    26 Cause me to remember -- we are judged together, Declare thou that thou mayest be justified.

  • 14 Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength?

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    18 Who `is' a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He -- He delighteth `in' kindness.

    19 He doth turn back, He pitieth us, He doth subdue our iniquities, And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins.

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  • 8 And cleansed them from all their iniquity, That they have sinned against Me, And I have pardoned all their iniquities, That they have sinned against Me, And that they transgressed against Me.

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    4 Ah, sinning nation, a people heavy `with' iniquity, A seed of evil doers, sons -- corrupters! They have forsaken Jehovah, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have gone away backward.

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  • 17 Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words, And ye have said: `In what have we wearied Him?' In your saying: `Every evil-doer `is' good in the eyes of Jehovah, And in them He is delighting,' Or, `Where `is' the God of judgment?'

  • 13 And now, amend your ways, and your doings, and hearken to the voice of Jehovah your God, and Jehovah doth repent concerning the evil that He hath spoken against you.

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    12 And also now -- an affirmation of Jehovah, Turn ye back unto Me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, And with lamentation.

    13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, And turn back unto Jehovah your God, For gracious and merciful `is' He, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, And He hath repented concerning the evil.

  • 20 And come to Zion hath a redeemer, Even to captives of transgression in Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • 19 reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,

  • 1 Thus said Jehovah: `Keep ye judgment, and do righteousness, For near `is' My salvation to come, And My righteousness to be revealed.'

  • 77 To give knowledge of salvation to His people In remission of their sins,

  • 40 We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.

  • 4 If the Lord hath washed away The filth of daughters of Zion, And the blood of Jerusalem purgeth from her midst, By the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

  • 12 because I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawlessnesses I will remember no more;' --

  • 9 And I do wash thee with water, And I wash away thy blood from off thee, And I anoint thee with perfume.

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  • 29 Why do ye strive with Me? All of you have transgressed against Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.

  • 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people, saith your God.

  • 3 For thou sayest, `What doth it profit Thee! What do I profit from my sin?'

  • 12 When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts?