Isaiah 1:18
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Come now, and let us reason together, saith 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.“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
In other translations
Come now, and let us reason together, saith 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.“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Hebrew words
לְכוּ־lekhu-comeH1980נָאna'pleaseH4994וְנִוָּכְחָהvenivakhechahso let us argue our case togetherH3198יֹאמַרyomarhe saysH559יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אִם־'im-thoughH518יִהְיוּyihyuthey areH1961חֲטָאֵיכֶםchata'eikhemsins yourH2399כַּשָּׁנִיםkashanimlike <the> scarletH8144כַּשֶּׁלֶגkasheleglike <the> snowH7950יַלְבִּינוּyalbinuthey will become whiteH3835אִם־'im-thoughH518יַאְדִּימוּya'dimuthey are redH119כַתּוֹלָעkhatola'like <the> crimsonH8438כַּצֶּמֶרkatzemerlike <the> woolH6785יִהְיוּ׃yihyuthey will beH1961
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