White as Snow

Take your evil deeds out of my sight!
Stop doing wrong, learn to do right!

Seek justice, encourage the oppressed.
Defend the cause of the fatherless,
plead the case of the widow.

"Come now, let us reason together," says YHWH.

"Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.

If you are willing and obedient,
you will eat the best from the land;"


Isaiah 1:16b-19 NIV


YHWH takes his place in court;
he rises to judge the people.

YHWH enters into judgment
against the elders and leaders of his people:
"It is you who have ruined my vineyard;
the plunder from the poor is in your houses.

What do you mean by crushing my people
and grinding the faces of the poor?"
declares the Lord, YHWH Almighty.

Isaiah 3:13-15 NIV


Woe to those who call evil good 
and good evil,
who put darkness for light
and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet
and sweet for bitter.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes
and clever in their own sight.

Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine
and champions at mixing drinks,
who acquit the guilty for a bribe,
but deny justice to the innocent.


Isaiah 5: 20-23 NIV


[Yahweh, let us listen to you and act.]