Isaiah 1:16-20 (Vespers, 7th reading)
- 16
- “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,
- 17
- Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow.
- 18
- “Come now, and 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 be as wool.
- 19
- If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
- 20
- But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword”; For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.