Catholic Public Domain Version
"Wash, become clean, take away the evil of your intentions from my eyes. Cease to act perversely. "
— Isaiah 1:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;”
“Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; ”
“Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.”
“Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!”
“Wash yourselves, be clean, take away the evil of your devices from my eyes, cease to do perversely,”
“Be washed, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; let there be an end of sinning;”
“Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;”
You should no longer offer sacrifice in vain. Incense is an abomination to me. The new moons and the Sabbaths and the other feast days, I will not receive. Your gatherings are iniquitous.
My soul hates your days of proclamation and your solemnities. They have become bothersome to me. I labor to endure them.
And so, when you extend your hands, I will avert my eyes from you. And when you multiply your prayers, I will not heed you. For your hands are full of blood.
Wash, become clean, take away the evil of your intentions from my eyes. Cease to act perversely.
Learn to do good. Seek judgment, support the oppressed, judge for the orphan, defend the widow.
And then approach and accuse me, says the Lord. Then, if your sins are like scarlet, they shall be made white like snow; and if they are red like vermillion, they shall become white like wool.
If you are willing, and you listen to me, then you will eat the good things of the land.