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Come now let us reason together,
Says the Lord,
Though your sins are as scarlet
They shall be white as snow.
Alas sinful nation,
A people weighed down with sin,
We have abandoned the Lord
And turned away from Him.
Our mind is sick
And our heart is faint within,
We are covered in bruises and sores
And have no healing.
So wash yourselves, now take
Your evil deeds from My sight,
Cease from evil and turn around
To do what is right.
Reproving the ruthless,
Defending the helpless and poor,
Where oppression has ruled,
The reign of justice restore.
Now if you consent and obey
You’ll eat from My hand,
But rebellion will bring
A sword to your land,
For those who forsake the Lord
Shall be brought to an end,
But righteousness comes to redeem those
Who turn again.