Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- לָבַןlâbanto be (or become) white; to make bricks
- אָדַםʼâdamflush or turn rosy
- שֶׁלֶגshelegsnow (probably from its whiteness)
- חֵטְאchêṭᵉʼa crime or its penalty
- שָׁנִיshânîycrimson, properly, the insect or its color, also stuff dyed with it
- תּוֹלָעtôwlâʻthe crimson-grub, but used only (in this connection) of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed
- יָכַחyâkachto be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convi
- יָלַךְyâlakto walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 44:22, Rev 7:14, Psa 51:7, Mic 7:18–19, Isa 43:24–26, Eph 1:6–8, Isa 41:21, Isa 41:1