Isaiah 1:18
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.
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'Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool' — the invitation to 'reason together' (niwakchah, a legal term for disputation or arbitration) opens a remarkable divine offer of reconciliation within a context of devastating indictment (1:2–17). The color imagery — scarlet/crimson against snow/wool — uses the most indelible ancient dyes (extracted from insects, nearly impossible to remove) as a measure of sin's staining power, while the white alternatives represent complete purity. The verse does not specify repentance as a condition in this verse but the broader context (verse 19: 'if you are willing and obedient') situates it within a conditional framework. The invitation's relational tone — 'let us' — is unusual for divine address and has been widely read as indicating YHWH's desire for dialogue even with the deeply sinful.
Otras traducciones
Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: 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, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!
Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?
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