Isaiah 1:18-20

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“Let Us Reason”

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“Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the Lord.
“^[a]Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.
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“If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the best 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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Footnotes

Isaiah 1:18 There was a legend among the rabbis that on the Day of Atonement a scarlet woolen thread was tied to the door of the temple, and when the scapegoat reached the wilderness (Lev 16:10), if the sins of Israel were forgiven the thread would miraculously turn white.