The Almighty God, the LORD, speaks; he calls to the whole earth from east to west.

From the east to the west praise the name of the LORD!

I do this so that everyone from one end of the world to the other may know that I am the LORD and that there is no other god.

And yet, I am the God who forgives your sins, and I do this because of who I am. I will not hold your sins against you.

None of them will have to teach a neighbor to know the LORD, because all will know me, from the least to the greatest. I will forgive their sins and I will no longer remember their wrongs. I, the LORD, have spoken."

When that time comes, no sin will be found in Israel and no wickedness in Judah, because I will forgive those people whose lives I have spared. I, the LORD, have spoken."

There is no other god like you, O LORD; you forgive the sins of your people who have survived. You do not stay angry forever, but you take pleasure in showing us your constant love.

If the people worshiping God had really been purified from their sins, they would not feel guilty of sin any more, and all sacrifices would stop.

But if we live in the light---just as he is in the light---then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin.