Isaiah 1:16

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Wash yourselves, make yourself clean. Put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; Cease to do evil.

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Jerusalem, the capital of Judah, and Zion, the hill associated with God’s temple and often a name for the city and its people, form the setting of Isaiah’s rebuke. The call to wash and reform addresses Judah’s covenant community, whose worship had become morally inconsistent.

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Isaiah 1:16 mentions Jerusalem and Zion.

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