en_tn_lite_do_not_use/isa/01/16.md

General Information:

Isaiah speaks Yahweh's words to the people of Judah in the form of a poem. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)

Wash, cleanse yourselves

Here God compares a person who stops sinning with one who washes his body. AT: "Repent and wash the sin from your heart like you wash the dirt from your body" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

remove the evil of your deeds from my sight

God was not telling them to do their evil deeds somewhere else, but to stop doing them. AT: "stop doing the evil deeds that I see you doing" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)