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 assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying. 15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood. Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning! 17Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow! 18Come, let’s consider your options,” says the Lord. “Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool.

Isaiah 1:16 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Washרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• you, make you cleanזָכָהzâkâh · to cleanH2135
• put awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• the evilרֹעַrôa‛ · evilH7455
• of your doingsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611
• from beforeנֶ֫גֶדneged · beforeH5048
• mine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• ceaseחָדַלchâdal · to ceaseH2308
• to do evilרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · be evilH7489

Cross-references for Isaiah 1:16

• Job 11:13“As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him,
• Psalms 26:6I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O Lord,
• Jeremiah 4:14“Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you?
• Acts 22:16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.’
• 2 Corinthians 7:1Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.
• James 4:8Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.
• Revelation 7:14So I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!
• Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!
• Ezekiel 18:30“Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.
• Zechariah 1:3Therefore say to the people: The Lord who rules over all says, “Turn to me,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and I will turn to you,” says the Lord who rules over all.
• Matthew 3:8Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,
• Ephesians 4:22You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,
• 1 Peter 2:1So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.
• Psalms 34:14Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it!
• Psalms 37:27Turn away from evil! Do what is right! Then you will enjoy lasting security.
• Amos 5:15Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from 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

In the dictionaries

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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