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Pentecost Season · Proper 26 · Year C

Isaiah 1:10-18

Learn to Do Good

The Prophet Isaiah (Sistine Chapel ceiling), Michelangelo Buonarroti
The Prophet Isaiah (Sistine Chapel ceiling), Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1509Sistine Chapel, Vatican
The prophet turning from his book as if someone had spoken behind him, with his name cut into the plinth below.The words of the prophet Isaiah, who is named on the stone beneath him.Michelangelo BuonarrotiMichelangelo, on the ceiling, giving each prophet the moment of being interrupted.Sistine Chapel, VaticanThe Sistine Chapel, Vatican.Sistine Chapel, Vatican

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"Cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed." (Isaiah 1:16-17)

Isaiah delivers a scathing critique of empty worship, declaring that God despises religious ritual divorced from justice for the vulnerable. God invites the people to reason together and promises cleansing despite sins like scarlet.

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