1 quotation linked to King James Bible — Isaiah 1:18 associated with Isaiah, with source notes, explanations and related topics.
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“Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow.”
The vivid color contrast makes forgiveness a picture of radical change: guilt is not merely ignored but imagined as cleansed and transformed.
Source note: Isaiah 1:18 in the King James Version; excerpt from the invitation to reason together and the promise of cleansing.