Isaiah 1:16
Context| NETBible | 1 Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds 2 from my sight. Stop sinning! |
| XREF | Job 11:13,14; Ps 26:6; Ps 34:14; Ps 37:27; Isa 55:6,7; Jer 4:14; Eze 18:30,31; Am 5:15; Zec 1:3,4; Mt 3:8; Ac 22:16; Ro 12:9; 2Co 7:1; Eph 4:22-24; Eph 4:25-29; Tit 2:11-14; Jas 4:8; 1Pe 2:1; 1Pe 3:11; Re 7:14 |
| NET © Notes |
1 sn Having demonstrated the people’s guilt, the Lord calls them to repentance, which will involve concrete action in the socio-economic realm, not mere emotion. 2 sn This phrase refers to Israel’s covenant treachery (cf. Deut 28:10; Jer 4:4; 21:12; 23:2, 22; 25:5; 26:3; 44:22; Hos 9:15; Ps 28:4). In general, the noun ַמעַלְלֵיכֶם (ma’alleykhem) can simply be a reference to deeds, whether good or bad. However, Isaiah always uses it with a negative connotation (cf. 3:8, 10). |
