Isaiah 1:17-23

¹⁷Cease to do evil; Learn to do well; Seek justice; relieve the oppressed; Defend the fatherless; plead for the widow!

¹⁸Come, now, and let us argue together, saith Jehovah. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; Though they be red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

¹⁹If ye be willing and obedient, Ye shall consume the good of the land.

²⁰But if ye refuse, and be rebellious, The sword shall consume you; For the mouth of Jehovah hath said it.

²¹How is the faithful city become a harlot, She that was full of equity! Once justice dwelt in her, but now murderers!

²²Thy silver is become dross; Thy wine is adulterated with water.

²³Thy princes are faithless, companions of thieves; Every one of them loveth gifts, and seeketh rewards; They render not justice to the fatherless, And the cause of the widow cometh not before them.