18. “Come now, and let us reason together,” says יהוה. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19. “If you submit and obey, you shall eat the good of the land;
20. but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword,” for the mouth of יהוה has spoken.
21. How the steadfast city has become a whore! I have filled it with right-ruling; righteousness lodged in it, but now murderers.
22. Your silver has become dross, your wine is mixed with water.