15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, 1:15 1Kg 8:22
I will refuse to look at you;
even if you offer countless prayers,
I will not listen. 1:15 Is 59:2; Jr 7:16; Ezk 8:18; Am 5:23; Hab 1:2; Zch 7:13
Your hands are covered with blood. 1:15 Pr 1:28; Is 59:1–3; Mc 3:4
Purification of Jerusalem
16 "Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. 1:16 Ps 26:6; Is 4:4; 52:11
Remove your evil deeds from my sight.
Stop doing evil. 1:16 Jr 25:5
17 Learn to do what is good.
Pursue justice. 1:17 Dt 16:20; 1Kg 3:11; Ps 89:14; Is 10:2; 11:4; Am 5:15; Zch 7:9
Correct the oppressor. 1:17 Or Aid the oppressed
Defend the rights of the fatherless.
Plead the widow’s cause.
18 "Come, let’s settle this," 1:18 Is 41:1,21; 43:26; Mc 6:2
says the Lord.
"Though your sins are scarlet,
they will be as white as snow; 1:18 Ps 51:7; Is 43:25; 44:22; Rv 7:14
though they are crimson red,
they will be like wool.