13 Yet the (A)Lord warned Israel and Judah [a](B)through all His prophets and (C)every seer, saying, “(D)Turn back from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes in accordance with all the Law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you [b]through My servants the prophets.”

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  1. 2 Kings 17:13 Lit by the hand of
  2. 2 Kings 17:13 Lit by the hand of

16 (A)Wash yourselves, (B)make yourselves clean;
(C)Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight.
(D)Stop doing evil,
17 Learn to do good;
(E)Seek justice,
Rebuke the oppressor,
(F)Obtain justice for the orphan,
Plead for the widow’s case.

Invitation to Debate

18 “Come now, and (G)let us [a]debate your case,”
Says the Lord,
(H)Though your sins are as scarlet,
They shall become as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.
19 (I)If you are willing and obedient,
You will (J)eat the best of the land;

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  1. Isaiah 1:18 Or argue

Judah Threatened with Invasion

“If you will (A)return, Israel,” declares the Lord,
Then you should return to Me.
And (B)if you will put away your detestable things from My presence,
And will not waver,

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20 but continually proclaimed (A)to those in Damascus first, and (B)in Jerusalem, and then all the region of Judea, and even (C)to the Gentiles, that they are to (D)repent and turn to God, performing deeds (E)consistent with repentance.

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