Isa 1:18, 43:24-25, 48:8-11, Jer 31:18-20, Eze 16:60-63, 36:22-38 | ESV | STEP | Come now , let us reason together, says the Lord : though your sins are like scarlet , they shall be as white as snow ; though they are red like crimson , they shall become like wool .

18 “Come now, ^alet us reason ^{▼▼Or dispute} together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as ^cwhite as snow;
though they are red like crimson,
they shall become like wool.

Isaiah 43:24-25

24 You have not bought me sweet cane with money,
or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins;
you have wearied me with your iniquities.
25 “I, I am he
^dwho blots out ^eyour transgressions for my own sake,
and I will not remember your sins.

Isaiah 48:8-11

8 You have never heard, you have never known,
from of old your ear has not been opened.
For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously,
and that ^ffrom before birth you were called a rebel.
9 ^g“For my name’s sake I defer my anger;
for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you,
that I may not cut you off.
10 Behold, I have refined you, ^hbut not as silver;
ⁱI have tried ^{▼▼Or I have chosen} you in the furnace of affliction.
11 ^kFor my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,
for how should my name ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks my name} be profaned?
^mMy glory I will not give to another.

Jeremiah 31:18-20

18 I have heard ⁿEphraim grieving,
‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined,
like an untrained calf;
^obring me back that I may be restored,
for you are the Lord my God.
19 For after ^pI had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, ^qI struck my thigh;
^rI was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
20 ^sIs Ephraim my dear son?
^tIs he my darling child?
For as often as I speak against him,
I do remember him still.
^uTherefore my heart ^{▼▼Hebrew bowels} yearns for him;
I will surely have mercy on him,

declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 16:60-63

60 yet ^wI will remember my covenant with you ^xin the days of your youth, ^yand I will establish for you an everlasting covenant. 61 ^zThen you will remember your ways ^aaand be ashamed when you take ^abyour sisters, both your elder and your younger, and I give them to you ^acas daughters, but not on account of ^{▼▼Or not apart from} the covenant with you. 62 I will establish my covenant with you, ^aeand you shall know that I am the Lord, 63 that you may remember and be confounded, and ^afnever open your mouth again because of your shame, when I atone for you for all that you have done, declares the Lord God.”

Ezekiel 36:22-38

I Will Put My Spirit Within You

22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: ^agIt is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, ^ahwhich you have profaned among the nations to which you came. 23 ^aiAnd I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. ^ajAnd the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. 24 ^akI will take you ^alfrom the nations and gather you from all the countries and ^ambring you into your own land. 25 ^anI will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from ^aoall your uncleannesses, and ^apfrom all your idols ^aqI will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you ^ara new heart, and ^asa new spirit I will put within you. ^atAnd I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 ^auAnd I will put my Spirit within you, ^avand cause you to walk in my statutes and ^awbe careful to obey my rules. ^{▼▼Or my just decrees} 28 ^ayYou shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and ^azyou shall be my people, and I will be your God. 29 And ^baI will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And ^bbI will summon the grain and make it abundant and ^bclay no famine upon you. 30 ^bdI will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, ^bethat you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. 31 Then ^bfyou will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations. 32 ^bgIt is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

33 “Thus says the Lord God: On the day that ^bhI cleanse you from all your iniquities, ^biI will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. 34 And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. 35 And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like ^bjthe garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now fortified and inhabited.’ 36 Then ^bkthe nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I have rebuilt the ruined places and ^blreplanted that which was desolate. ^bmI am the Lord; I have spoken, and I will do it.

37 “Thus says the Lord God: This also ^bnI will let the house of Israel ask me to do for them: ^boto increase their people like ^bpa flock. 38 Like the flock for sacrifices, ^{▼▼Hebrew flock of holy things} ^brlike the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so ^bsshall the waste cities be filled with flocks of people. ^btThen they will know that I am the Lord.”