Isa 1:18, 5:3-4, Eze 18:25-30, Mic 6:2-3, Act 17:3 | 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 .

a Mic. 6:2; [ch. 43:26]

c Ps. 51:7; [Rev. 7:14]

d[Mic. 6:3, 4]

e[See ver. 2 above]

f ch. 33:17, 20

g[See ver. 24 above]

h ver. 21; ch. 33:19; [ch. 13:22; 33:11, 12]

i ch. 7:3, 8; 33:20; 36:19; [ch. 39:24]

j[ch. 14:6; Hos. 14:1]

k[Isa. 3:8]

m Ps. 50:1, 4; Ezek. 36:4

n Isa. 1:18; See Hos. 4:1

o Isa. 5:4; [Jer. 2:5, 31]

p Isa. 43:22, 23; [Mal. 1:13]

q Luke 24:26, 32

rSee ch. 3:18

sSee John 20:9

Isaiah 1:18

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 5:3-4

3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem
and men of Judah,
judge between me and my vineyard.
4 ^dWhat more was there to do for my vineyard,
that I have not done in it?
^eWhen I looked for it to yield grapes,
why did it yield wild grapes?

Ezekiel 18:25-30

25 ^f“Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is my way not just? Is it not your ways that are not just? 26 ^gWhen a righteous person turns away from his righteousness and does injustice, he shall die for it; for the injustice that he has done he shall die. 27 Again, ^hwhen a wicked person turns away from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he shall save his life. 28 Because he considered and turned away from all the transgressions that he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. 29 Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ O house of Israel, are my ways not just? Is it not your ways that are not just?

30 “Therefore ⁱI will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. ^jRepent and turn from all your transgressions, ^klest iniquity be your ruin. ^{▼▼Or lest iniquity be your stumbling block}

Micah 6:2-3

2 ^mHear, you mountains, ⁿthe indictment of the Lord,
and you enduring foundations of the earth,
for the Lord has an indictment against his people,
and he will contend with Israel.
3 “O my people, ^owhat have I done to you?
^pHow have I wearied you? Answer me!

Acts 17:3

3 ^qexplaining and proving that it was necessary for ^rthe Christ to suffer and ^sto rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”