⁴ When the Lord has washed away the filth of the ^(A)daughters of Zion and ^[a]purged the ^(B)bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the ^(C)spirit of judgment and the ^(D)spirit of burning,

¹⁶ Now why do you delay? ^(A)Get up and be baptized, and ^(B)wash away your sins, ^(C)calling on His name.’

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ^(A)the faithful witness, the ^(B)firstborn of the dead, and the ^(C)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who ^(D)loves us and released us from our sins ^[a]by His blood—