Full Isa 1:18. "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." The textual root of the scarlet-cord-turns-white ritual. The sign is the ritual; the substance is the prophetic promise.
Isaiah 1:18 — Scarlet Shall Be as Snow
The prophetic promise underneath the Yom Kippur ritual.
Primary passage:Isaiah 1:18 →
Commentary
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