Isaiah 1:16

Isaiah 1:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
• New International Version (NIV)Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil,

Context of Isaiah 1:16

14I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. 15So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil, 17Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow. 18“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool.

Isaiah 1:16 word by word

רַחֲצוּ֙ הִזַּכּ֔וּ הָסִ֛ירוּ רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵיכֶ֖ם מִנֶּ֣גֶד עֵינָ֑י חִדְל֖וּ הָרֵֽעַ׃Read the interlinear

• Washרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• makeזָכָהzâkâh · to cleanH2135
• Removeסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• the evilרֹעַrôa‛ · evilH7455
• of your deedsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
• from My sightנֶ֫גֶדneged · beforeH5048
• from My sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• Ceaseחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
• to do evilרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489

Cross-references for Isaiah 1:16

• Job 11:13“If you would direct your heart right And spread out your hand to Him,
• Psalms 26:6I shall wash my hands in innocence, And I will go about Your altar, O Lord,
• Jeremiah 4:14Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, That you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you?
• Acts 22:16Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.’
• 2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
• James 4:8Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
• Revelation 7:14I said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near.
• Ezekiel 18:30“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct,” declares the Lord God. “Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you.
• Zechariah 1:3Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “that I may return to you,” says the Lord of hosts.
• Matthew 3:8Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance;
• Ephesians 4:22that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit,
• 1 Peter 2:1Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander,
• Psalms 34:14Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.
• Psalms 37:27Depart from evil and do good, So you will abide forever.
• Amos 5:15Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the gate! Perhaps the Lord God of hosts May be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Commentaries on Isaiah 1:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16Wash you - Referring to the preceding verse, "your hands are full of blood;" and alluding to the legal washing commanded on several occasions. See Leviticus 14:8, Leviticus 14:9, Leviticus 14:47.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Wash you - This is, of course, to be understood in a moral sense; meaning that they should put away their sins. Sin is represented in the Scriptures as defiling or polluting the soul Ezekiel 20:31; Ezekiel 23:30; Hosea 5:8; Hosea 9:4; and the removal of it is represented by the act of washing; Psalm 51:2: Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin;‘ Jeremiah 4:14: O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-20Verses 16-20 Not only feel sorrow for the sin committed, but break off the practice. We must be doing, not stand idle. We must be doing the good the Lord our God requires. It is plain that the sacrifices of the law could not atone, even for outward national crimes. But, blessed be God, there is a Fountain opened, in which sinners of every age and rank may be cleansed. Though our sins have been as scarlet and crimson, a deep dye, a double dye, first in the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16Wash and cleanse yourselves: The people were made unclean by their sin and impure sacrifices. To be clean in God's eyes, they needed to change their behavior, remove their sins, and abandon their evil ways (see also Isaiah 1:18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. God saith to the sinner, "Wash you," &c., that he, finding his inability to "make" himself "clean," may cry to God, Wash me, cleanse me (Psa 51:2, 7, 10). before mine eyes--not mere outward reformation before man's eyes, who cannot, as God, see into the heart (Jr 32:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 1:16

• Ablution
• Church
• Cleanliness
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Ordinance
• Regeneration
• Reward
• Washing

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Commentaries on Isaiah 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings