<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">Wash! Cleanse yourselves!p> <p class="poetry">Remove your sinful deeds<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">from my sight.p> <p class="poetry">Stop sinning!p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> commanded the enemy,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">But do not destroy them completely.p> <p class="poetry">Strip off their branchesp> <p class="poetry">for these people do not belong to the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" />p>

Joshua said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to<n id="2" /> the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel.&#8221;p>

They removed the altars in Jerusalem; they also removed all the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.<n id="1" />p>

Samuel said to all the people of Israel, &#8220;If you are really turning to the <sc>Lordsc> with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth.<n id="1" /> Give your hearts to the <sc>Lordsc> and serve only him. Then he will deliver you<n id="2" /> from the hand of the Philistines.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;This is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people,<n id="1" /> declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.

The angel<n id="1" /> spoke up to those standing all around, &#8220;Remove his filthy clothes.&#8221; Then he said to Joshua, &#8220;I have freely forgiven your iniquity and will dress you<n id="2" /> in fine clothing.&#8221;