¹⁸ “Come, now, YOU people, and let us set matters straight between us,” says Jehovah.+ “Though the sins of YOU people should prove to be as scarlet,* they will be made white just like snow;+ though they should be red like crimson cloth, they will become even like wool.

²⁰ “And in those days and at that time,”+ is the utterance of Jehovah, “the error of Israel will be searched for,+ but it will not be; and the sins of Judah,+ and they will not be found, for I shall forgive those whom I let remain.”+