
“Let Us Reason”
18 “Come now, and let us reason together,”
Says the LORD.
“[a]Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be like wool.19 “If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the best of the land;20 But if you refuse and rebel,
You shall be devoured by the sword.”
For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.Isaiah 1:18-20 (AMP)
Footnotes
[a] Isaiah 1:18 There was a legend among the rabbis that on the Day of Atonement a scarlet woolen thread was tied to the door of the temple, and when the scapegoat reached the wilderness (Lev 16:10), if the sins of Israel were forgiven the thread would miraculously turn white