¹⁷ Learn to do right;^(A) seek justice.^(B)
    Defend the oppressed.^[a](C)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;^(D)
    plead the case of the widow.^(E)

¹⁸ “Come now, let us settle the matter,”^(F)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;^(G)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.^(H)