Isaiah 1:17-23

17learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

18"Come now, 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 become like wool.

19If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

20but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be eaten by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken."

21How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.

22Your silver has become dross, your best wine mixed with water.

23Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. Everyone loves a bribe and runs after gifts. They do not bring justice to the fatherless, and the widow's cause does not come to them.