Isaiah 64:6
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6 But we are all like an unclean thing,
And all (A)our righteousnesses are like [a]filthy rags;
We all (B)fade as a leaf,
And our iniquities, like the wind,
Have taken us away.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 64:6 Lit. a filthy garment
Romans 7:18
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18 For I know that (A)in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.
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Ephesians 2:1-2
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By Grace Through Faith
2 And (A)you He made alive, (B)who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 (C)in which you once walked according to the [a]course of this world, according to (D)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in (E)the sons of disobedience,
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- Ephesians 2:2 Gr. aion, aeon
Romans 7:24
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24 O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me (A)from this body of death?
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Revelation 3:17-18
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17 Because you say, (A)‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— 18 I counsel you (B)to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and (C)white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see.
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Zechariah 3:3
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3 Now Joshua was clothed with (A)filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel.
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Job 42:5-6
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5 “I have (A)heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
6 Therefore I (B)abhor[a] myself,
And repent in dust and ashes.”
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- Job 42:6 despise
Job 25:4
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Job 14:4
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4 Who (A)can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one!
Titus 3:3
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3 For (A)we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
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Philippians 3:9
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9 and be found in Him, not having (A)my own righteousness, which is from the law, but (B)that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;
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Psalm 90:5-6
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5 You carry them away like a flood;
(A)They are like a sleep.
In the morning (B)they are like grass which grows up:
6 In the morning it flourishes and grows up;
In the evening it is cut down and withers.
Isaiah 53:6
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6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord [a]has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
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- Isaiah 53:6 Lit. has caused to land on Him
Job 15:14-16
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14 “What(A) is man, that he could be pure?
And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?
15 (B)If God puts no trust in His saints,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight,
16 (C)How much less man, who is abominable and filthy,
(D)Who drinks iniquity like water!
Revelation 7:13
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13 Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in (A)white robes, and where did they come from?”
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Hosea 4:19
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19 (A)The wind has wrapped her up in its wings,
And (B)they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Isaiah 46:12
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Isaiah 40:6-8
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6 The voice said, “Cry out!”
And [a]he said, “What shall I cry?”
(A)“All flesh is grass,
And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades,
Because the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
Surely the people are grass.
8 The grass withers, the flower fades,
But (B)the word of our God stands forever.”
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- Isaiah 40:6 So with MT, Tg.; DSS, LXX, Vg. I
Isaiah 6:5
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5 So I said:
“Woe is me, for I am [a]undone!
Because I am a man of (A)unclean lips,
And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King,
The Lord of hosts.”
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- Isaiah 6:5 destroyed, cut off
Psalm 51:5
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5 (A)Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
Zechariah 5:8-11
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8 then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead [a]cover over its mouth. 9 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were two women, coming with the wind in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a (A)stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.
10 So I said to the (B)angel who talked with me, “Where are they carrying the basket?”
11 And he said to me, “To (C)build a house for it in (D)the land of [b]Shinar; when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its base.”
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- Zechariah 5:8 Lit. stone
- Zechariah 5:11 Babylon
Jeremiah 4:11-12
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11 At that time it will be said
To this people and to Jerusalem,
(A)“A dry wind of the desolate heights blows in the wilderness
Toward the daughter of My people—
Not to fan or to cleanse—
12 A wind too strong for these will come for Me;
Now (B)I will also speak judgment against them.”
Isaiah 57:12-13
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12 I will declare your righteousness
And your works,
For they will not profit you.
13 When you cry out,
Let your collection of idols deliver you.
But the wind will carry them all away,
A breath will take them.
But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land,
And shall inherit My holy mountain.”
Isaiah 48:1
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Israel Refined for God’s Glory
48 “Hear this, O house of Jacob,
Who are called by the name of Israel,
And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah;
Who swear by the name of the Lord,
And make mention of the God of Israel,
But (A)not in truth or in righteousness;
Psalm 1:4
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4 The ungodly are not so,
But are (A)like the chaff which the wind drives away.
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