Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
God invites His people to come and talk: sins as deep as scarlet can be made white as snow.
KJV15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: 20But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. 21How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
A prophet speaking to Israel in crisis, full of promises of comfort and of a coming Savior.
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
There is no God like Him: He pardons, does not keep His anger for ever, and delights in mercy.
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
God is good and ready to forgive, rich in mercy to everyone who calls on Him.
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Paul to a church: bear with one another’s faults and forgive, as Christ forgave you. Forgiving is not the same as accepting harm.
As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
When God forgives, He puts the sin as far away as the east is from the west.