A reading from
the Book of the Prophet Isaiah 1:10, 16-20
Hear the word of the Lord,/ princes of Sodom!/ Listen to the instruction of our God,/ people of Gomorrah!
Wash yourselves clean!/ Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes;/ cease doing evil; learn to do good./ Make justice your aim: redress the wronged,/ hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow.
Come now, let us set things right,/ says the Lord:/ Though your sins be like scarlet,/ they may become white as snow;/ Though they be crimson red,/ they may become white as wool./ If you are willing, and obey,/ you shall eat the good things of the land;/ But if you refuse and resist,/ the sword shall consume you:/ for the mouth of the Lord has spoken!
The word of the Lord.
