The Message Bible MSG
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17 Learn to do good. Work for justice. Help the down-and-out. Stand up for the homeless. Go to bat for the defenseless. Let's Argue This Out
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Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed.Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
18 "Come. Sit down. Let's argue this out." This is God's Message: "If your sins are blood-red, they'll be snow-white. If they're red like crimson, they'll be like wool.
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“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
19 If you'll willingly obey, you'll feast like kings.
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If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land;
20 But if you're willful and stubborn, you'll die like dogs." That's right. God says so. Those Who Walk Out on God
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but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
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