For then would they not have ceased to be offered? For the worshipers, once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins.
“I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins.
He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.
As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, And like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
then He adds, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.”
“As for you also, Because of the blood of your covenant, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.