15 Lord God of Israel, (A)You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in (B)our guilt, for (C)no one can stand before You because of this.”

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15 Lord, the God of Israel, you are righteous!(A) We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand(B) in your presence.(C)

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When the Lord has washed away the filth of the (A)daughters of Zion and [a]purged the (B)bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the (C)spirit of judgment and the (D)spirit of [b]burning,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 4:4 Lit rinsed away
  2. Isaiah 4:4 Or destruction

The Lord will wash away the filth(A) of the women of Zion;(B) he will cleanse(C) the bloodstains(D) from Jerusalem by a spirit[a] of judgment(E) and a spirit[b] of fire.(F)

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  1. Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
  2. Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit

For all of us have become like one who is (A)unclean,
And all our (B)righteous deeds are like a filthy garment;
And all of us (C)wither like a leaf,
And our (D)wrongdoings, like the wind, take us away.

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All of us have become like one who is unclean,(A)
    and all our righteous(B) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(C)
    and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(D)

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