15 When you 1 Kgs. 8:22spread out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
Prov. 1:28;Mic. 3:4even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
ch. 59:3your hands are full of blood.
16 [Jer. 2:22] Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
[1 Pet. 3:11]cease to do evil,
17 learn to do good;
Jer. 22:3seek justice,
correct oppression;
[ver. 23; James 1:27]bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.
18 "Come now, Mic. 6:2;[ch. 43:26] let us reason1:18 Or dispute together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as Ps. 51:7;[Rev. 7:14]white as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.