Isaiah 1:16
1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. make: Heb. multiply prayer blood: Heb. bloodsWash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
KJV
Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes. Cease to do evil.
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil;
What does Isaiah 1:16 mean?
Isaiah 1:16 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רָחַץ (râchats), זָכָה (zâkâh), סוּר (çûwr). It connects to 2 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.
2 Chronicles 6:6But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
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Other verses that share key original-language words with Isaiah 1:16.
The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. for: Heb. which thou wouldest do
Genesis 19:2And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
Hosea 9:15All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters.
Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. Execute: Heb. Judge
Jeremiah 23:2Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 23:22But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.
Jeremiah 25:5They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:
Jeremiah 26:3If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.
Frequently asked questions
What does Isaiah 1:16 say?
Isaiah 1:16 (King James Version) reads: "Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;"
Is Isaiah 1:16 in the Old or New Testament?
Isaiah 1:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.
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