³⁰ If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

²² For though thou wash thee with lye, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

⁸ If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

⁷ If my step hath turned out of the way, And my heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to my hands:

⁶ I will wash my hands in innocency: So will I compass thine altar, O Jehovah;

¹³ He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

¹⁶ Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;

¹⁷ learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

¹⁸ Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

¹⁴ O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

³ For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.