Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning!

Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life.

The Lord reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.

(just as many were horrified by the sight of you) he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man;

“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.

For just as the ground produces its crops and a garden yields its produce, so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance to grow, and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations.

We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.

“They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent.”

So now the Lord says, the one who formed me from birth to be his servant – he did this to restore Jacob to himself, so that Israel might be gathered to him; and I will be honored in the Lord’s sight, for my God is my source of strength –

Those who think they are wise are as good as dead, those who think they possess understanding.

“Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.

He will take delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay.

So I will choose severe punishment for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; they chose to do what displeases me.”

As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains, so were we because of you, O Lord.

I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me.”

I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying.

Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive.

Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting.

Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them.

Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low.