Isaiah
Isaiah 1:18
18“Come now, let us reason together,”
says the LORD.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they will be as white as snow;
though they are as red as crimson,
they will become like wool.
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Come | לְכוּ־ | lə·ḵū- | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural | H1980 go, come, walk |
| now | נָ֛א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| let us reason together | וְנִוָּֽכְחָ֖ה | wə·niw·wā·ḵə·ḥāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural | H3198 decide, adjudge, prove |
| says | יֹאמַ֣ר | yō·mar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֑ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| Though | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| your sins | חֲטָאֵיכֶ֤ם | ḥă·ṭā·’ê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H2399 sin |
| are | יִֽהְי֨וּ | yih·yū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| like scarlet | כַּשָּׁנִים֙ | kaš·šā·nîm | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine plural | H8144 scarlet |
| they will be as white | יַלְבִּ֔ינוּ | yal·bî·nū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H3835 be white |
| as snow | כַּשֶּׁ֣לֶג | kaš·še·leḡ | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7950 snow |
| though | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| they are as red | יַאְדִּ֥ימוּ | ya’·dî·mū | Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H119 be red |
| as crimson | כַתּוֹלָ֖ע | ḵat·tō·w·lā‘ | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H8438 worm, scarlet stuff |
| they will become | יִהְיֽוּ׃ | yih·yū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| like wool | כַּצֶּ֥מֶר | kaṣ·ṣe·mer | Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular | H6785 wool |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Isaiah 44:22 · Revelation 7:14 · Psalm 51:7 · Micah 7:18–19 · Isaiah 43:24–26 · Ephesians 1:6–8 · Isaiah 41:21 · Isaiah 41:1 · Romans 5:20 · 1 Samuel 12:7 · Acts 18:4 · Acts 17:2
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.