Isaiah 1:17-23

¹⁷learn to do well; diligently seek judgment, deliver him that is suffering wrong, plead for the orphan, and obtain justice for the widow.

¹⁸And come, let us reason together, saith the Lord: and though your sins be as purple, I will make them white as snow; and though they be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool.

¹⁹And if ye be willing, and hearken to me, ye shall eat the good of the land:

²⁰but if ye be not willing, nor hearken to me, a sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this.

²¹How has the faithful city Zion, once full of judgment, become a harlot! wherein righteousness lodged, but now murderers.

²²Your silver is worthless, thy wine merchants mix the wine with water.

²³Thy princes are rebellious, companions of thieves, loving bribes, seeking after rewards; not pleading for orphans, and not heeding the cause of widows.