Isaiah 1:18
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And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.

and let us

Isaiah 41:21 Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob.

Isaiah 43:24-26 Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy victims. But thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thy iniquities. . . .

1 Samuel 12:7 Now, therefore, stand up, that I may plead in judgment against you before the Lord, concerning all the kindness of the Lord, which he hath shewn to you, and to your fathers:

Jeremiah 2:5 Thus saith the Lord: What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

Micah 6:2 Let the mountains hear the judgment of the Lord, and the strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord will enter into judgment with his people, and he will plead against Israel.

Acts 17:2 And Paul, according to his custom, went in unto them. And for three sabbath days he reasoned with them out of the scriptures:

Acts 18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, bringing in the name of the Lord Jesus. And he persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.

Acts 24:25 And as he treated of justice and chastity and of the judgment to come, Felix, being terrified, answered: For this time, go thy way: but when I have a convenient time, I will send for thee.

though your

Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee.

Psalm 51:7 Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

Micah 7:18,19 Who is a God like to thee, who takest away iniquity, and passest by the sin of the remnant of thy inheritance? he will send his fury in no more, because he delighteth in mercy. . . .

Romans 5:20 Now the law entered in that sin might abound. And where sin abounded, grace did more abound.

Ephesians 1:6-8 Unto the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he hath graced us, in his beloved son. . . .

Revelation 7:14 And I said to him: My Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are they who are come out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Context
Meaningless Offerings
17Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow. 18And then come, and accuse me, saith the Lord: if your sins be as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow: and if they be red as crimson, they shall be white as wool.19If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.…
Cross References
Revelation 7:14
And I said to him: My Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me: These are they who are come out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Job 9:33
There is none that may be able to reprove both, and to put his hand between both.

Psalm 51:7
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow.

Isaiah 41:1
Let the islands keep silence before me, and the nations take new strength: let them come near, and then speak, let us come near to judgment together.

Isaiah 41:21
Bring your cause near, saith the Lord: bring hither, if you have any thing to allege, saith the King of Jacob.

Isaiah 43:25
I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.

Isaiah 43:26
Put me in remembrance, and let us plead together: tell if thou hast any thing to justify thyself.

Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out thy iniquities as a cloud, and thy sins as a mist: return to me, for I have redeemed thee.

Isaiah 50:8
He is near that justifieth me, who will contend with me? let us stand together, who is my adversary? let him come near to me.

Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God: for he is bountiful to forgive.

Ezekiel 18:27
And when the wicked turneth himself away from his wickedness, which he hath wrought, and doeth judgment, and justice: he shall save his soul alive.

Ezekiel 33:16
None of his sins, which he hath committed, shall be imputed to him: he hath done judgment and justice, he shall surely live.

Micah 6:2
Let the mountains hear the judgment of the Lord, and the strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord will enter into judgment with his people, and he will plead against Israel.

Lexicon
“Come
לְכוּ־ (lə·ḵū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

now,
נָ֛א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

let us reason together,”
וְנִוָּֽכְחָ֖ה (wə·niw·wā·ḵə·ḥāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3198: To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict

says
יֹאמַ֣ר (yō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

the LORD.
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

“Though
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

your sins
חֲטָאֵיכֶ֤ם (ḥă·ṭā·’ê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2399: A crime, its penalty

are
יִֽהְי֨וּ (yih·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like scarlet,
כַּשָּׁנִים֙ (kaš·šā·nîm)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8144: Crimson, the insect, its color, stuff dyed with it

they will be as white
יַלְבִּ֔ינוּ (yal·bî·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3835: To be, white, to make bricks

as snow;
כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג (kaš·še·leḡ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7950: Snow

though
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

they are as red
יַאְדִּ֥ימוּ (ya’·dî·mū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 119: Flush, turn rosy

as crimson,
כַתּוֹלָ֖ע (ḵat·tō·w·lā‘)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8438: The crimson-grub, of the color, from it, cloths dyed therewith

they will become
יִהְיֽוּ׃ (yih·yū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like wool.
כַּצֶּ֥מֶר (kaṣ·ṣe·mer)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6785: Wool


Additional Translations
“Come now, let us reason together,” 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 become like wool.Come now, and let us reason together, said 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.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: 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 come, let us reason together, saith the Lord: and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool.

Come now, let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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.

Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be white as snow, though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

"Come now, and let us reason together," says Yahweh: "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

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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