16. Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;put away the evil from your deeds, from before My eyes.Cease to do evil,
17. learn to do good; seek justice,relieve the oppressed;judge the fatherless,plead for the widow.
18. Come now, and let us reason together,says the Lord.Though your sins be as scarlet,they shall be as white as snow;though they be red like crimson,they shall be as wool.
19. If you are willing and obedient,you shall eat the good of the land;
20. but if you refuse and rebel,you shall be devoured with the sword;for the mouth of the Lord has spokenit.