NET Bible
"Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!"
— Isaiah 1:17, NET Bible
“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”
“learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. ”
“Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."”
“Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.”
“Take pleasure in well-doing; let your ways be upright, keep down the cruel, give a right decision for the child who has no father, see to the cause of the widow.”
“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”
I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying.
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!
Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow!
Come, let’s consider your options,” says the LORD.“Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.
If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land.
But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” Know for certain that the LORD has spoken.