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"Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,
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Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.
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"Come now, and let us reason together," Says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.
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If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
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But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword"; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
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How the faithful city has become a harlot! It was full of justice; Righteousness lodged in it, But now murderers.
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Your silver has become dross, Your wine mixed with water.
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Your princes are rebellious, And companions of thieves; Everyone loves bribes, And follows after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, Nor does the cause of the widow come before them.
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Therefore the Lord says, The Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, "Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries, And take vengeance on My enemies.
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I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy.
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I will restore your judges as at the first, And your counselors as at the beginning. Afterward you shall be called the city of righteousness, the faithful city."