Isaiah 1:16-19
16 aWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
bcease to do evil,
17learn to do good;
cseek justice,
correct oppression;
dbring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow’s cause.
18 “Come now, elet us reason ▼
▼Or dispute
together, says the Lord:though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as gwhite as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.
19 hIf you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land;
Isaiah 55:6-7
6 i“Seek the Lord while he may be found;call upon him while he is near;
7let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Lamentations 3:39-41
39 jWhy should a living man complain,a man, about the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us test and examine our ways,
kand return to the Lord!
41 lLet us lift up our hearts and hands
to God in heaven:
Ezekiel 13:22
22 mBecause you have disheartened the righteous falsely, although I have not grieved him, and nyou have encouraged the wicked, that ohe should not turn from his evil way to save his life,Ezekiel 18:23
23 pHave I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord God, and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?Ezekiel 18:30-32
30“Therefore qI will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. rRepent and turn from all your transgressions, slest iniquity be your ruin. ▼▼Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block
31 uCast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and vmake yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! wWhy will you die, O house of Israel? 32 xFor I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; yso turn, and live.” Zechariah 1:3
3Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: zReturn to me, says the Lord of hosts, and aaI will return to you, says the Lord of hosts.
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