"I, even I, am the one who wipesout your transgressionsfor My own sake,And I will not rememberyour sins.
"Listento the supplicationsof Your servantand of Your peopleIsraelwhenthey praytowardthisplace;hearfrom Your dwellingplace,from heaven;hearand forgive.
As faras the eastis from the west,So farhas He removedour transgressionsfrom us.
Who pardonsallyour iniquities,Who healsallyour diseases;
For Your name'ssake,O LORD,Pardonmy iniquity,for it is great.
Do not rememberthe sinsof my youthor my transgressions;According to Your lovingkindnessrememberme, For Your goodness'sake,O LORD.
For I knowmy transgressions,And my sinis everbeforeme.
Against You, You only,I have sinnedAnd donewhatis evilin Your sight,Sothat You are justifiedwhen You speakAnd blamelesswhen You judge.
HideYour facefrom my sinsAnd blotout allmy iniquities.
"Comenow,and let us reasontogether," Saysthe LORD,"Thoughyour sinsare as scarlet,They will be as whiteas snow;Thoughthey are redlike crimson,They will be like wool.
For I will defendthiscityto saveit for My own sakeand for My servantDavid'ssake.'"
"Lo,for [my own] welfareI hadgreatbitterness;It is You who has keptmy soulfrom the pitof nothingness,For You have castallmy sinsbehindYour back.
"I, even I, am the LORD,And thereis nosaviorbesidesMe.
"I have wipedout your transgressionslike a thickcloudAnd your sinslike a heavymist.Returnto Me, for I have redeemedyou."
"For My own sake,for My own sake,I will act;For howcan [My name] be profaned?And My gloryI will not giveto another.
Let the wickedforsakehis wayAnd the unrighteousmanhis thoughts;And let him returnto the LORD,And He will havecompassionon him, And to our God,For He will abundantlypardon.
But now,O LORD,You are our Father,We are the clay,and You our potter;And allof us are the workof Your hand.
Do not be angrybeyondmeasure,O LORD,Norrememberiniquityforever;Behold,looknow,allof us are Your people.
"They will not teachagain,eachmanhis neighborand eachmanhis brother,saying,'Knowthe LORD,'for they will allknowMe, from the leastof them to the greatestof them," declaresthe LORD,"for I will forgivetheir iniquity,and their sinI will remembernomore."
In thosedaysand at that time,'declaresthe LORD,'searchwill be madefor the iniquityof Israel,but therewill be none;and for the sinsof Judah,but they will not be found;for I will pardonthose whomI leaveas a remnant.'
"Allhis transgressionswhichhe has committedwill not be rememberedagainst him; because of his righteousnesswhichhe has practiced,he will live.
"But I actedfor the sakeof My name,that it should not be profanedin the sightof the nations,before whosesightI had broughtthem out.
"But I withdrewMy handand actedfor the sakeof My name,that it should not be profanedin the sightof the nationsin whosesightI had broughtthem out.
"But I actedfor the sakeof My name,that it should not be profanedin the sightof the nationsamongwhomthey [lived], in whosesightI madeMyself knownto them by bringingthem out of the landof Egypt.
"Noneof his sinsthat he has committedwill be rememberedagainst him. He has practicedjusticeand righteousness;he shall surelylive.
"Thereforesayto the houseof Israel,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"It is not for your sake,O houseof Israel,that I am about to act,but for My holyname,whichyou have profanedamong the nationswhereyou went.
"I am not doing[this] for your sake,"declaresthe LordGOD,"let it be knownto you. Be ashamedand confoundedfor your ways,O houseof Israel!"
"Whydoes this manspeakthat way?He is blaspheming;whocanforgivesinsbut Godalone?"
The scribesand the Phariseesbeganto reason,saying,"Whois this[man] whospeaksblasphemies?Whocanforgivesins,but Godalone?"
"Thereforerepentand return,sothat your sinsmay be wiped away,in orderthat timesof refreshingmay comefrom the presenceof the Lord;
The Lawcamein sothat the transgressionwould increase;but wheresinincreased,graceabounded all the more,
to the praiseof the gloryof His grace,whichHe freely bestowedon us in the Beloved.
whichHe lavishedon us. In allwisdomand insight
"AND THEIR SINSAND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDSI WILL REMEMBERNOMORE."
"FOR I WILL BE MERCIFULTO THEIR INIQUITIES,AND I WILL REMEMBERTHEIR SINSNOMORE."
