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Isaiah 1

Isaiah 1:18

Meaningless Offerings · Isaiah 1:10–20
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Translations

Modern
“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.
Traditional
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.
Literal
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says YHWH. “Though your sins may be like scarlet, they will be white like snow; though they are red like crimson, they will become like wool.
Latin
Et venite, et arguite me, dicit Dominus. Si fuerint peccata vestra ut coccinum, quasi nix dealbabuntur; et si fuerint rubra quasi vermiculus, velut lana alba erunt.

Original

Hebrew
English
“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.

Notes

Isaiah 1:18

  • God called his people to come and settle their dispute so that he could restore his covenant relationship with them. Judah had to choose between obedience and rebellion (Isaiah 1:19–20). Isaiah says their sins are "like scarlet" and "red like crimson," the color of blood, which Judah had shed unjustly (Isaiah 1:15).

  • white as snow … like wool: The people would be radically transformed. God would cleanse, purify, and make them holy (see also Psalm 51:7; Daniel 7:9).

Events

Glossary

Courts and Trials Crimson Forgiveness Isaiah, Book of John the Baptist Oak Red Scarlet Sheep Sin White Wool

Topics

Ablution: Figurative Anthropomorphisms: Attributed to Deity: Reason Business Ethics Church: Backslidden Colors: Crimson, Red, Purple, and Scarlet, Symbols of Various Ideas of Iniquity Colors: Scriptures Employing the Symbol Condescension of God: Invites Sinners, Saying, |Come Now, and Let Us Reason Together| Consolation Under Affliction: To Those Who Mourn for Sin Forgiveness of Sins Forgiving Self God: Mercy of God's Forgiveness Pardon: Promised Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Purity of Heart Reason Reasoning: God Reasons with Men Reward: A Motive to Faithfulness Salvation: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Sin: Defiles Sin: Forgiveness of Sin: Like Scarlet and Crimson Sin: Sinfulness of Sin: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To, Defining and Illustrating Sins Snow of Purity The Color Red The Color White The Promises of God: Subjects of Forgiveness of Sins Will: The Mental Faculty: Freedom of, Recognized by God