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Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Isaiah 1:16

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Isaiah1:16

16. God saith to the sinner, "Wash you," &c., that he, finding his inability to "make" himself "clean," may cry to God, Wash me, cleanse me (Psa 51:2, 7, 10).

before mine eyes--not mere outward reformation before man's eyes, who cannot, as God, see into the heart (Jr 32:19).

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