Isaiah 1:18
And come ye, and prove ye me, saith the Lord. Though your sins be as blood-red, those shall be made white as snow; and though they be red as vermilion, they shall be white as wool.This verse in the real world
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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