Isaiah 64:4-6
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 From ancient times no one has heard.
No ear has understood.
No eye has seen any god except you,
who goes into action for the one who waits for him.
5 You meet anyone who joyfully practices righteousness,
who remembers you by walking in your ways!
But you were angry because we sinned.
We have remained in our sins for a long time.
Can we still be saved?
6 All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a filthy cloth.[a]
All of us have withered like a leaf,
and our guilt carries us away like the wind.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 64:6 Literally the cloth of periods. The blood of a woman’s period made anyone who contacted it ceremonially unclean.
Isaiah 64:4-6
New International Version
4 Since ancient times no one has heard,
no ear has perceived,
no eye has seen any God besides you,(A)
who acts on behalf of those who wait for him.(B)
5 You come to the help of those who gladly do right,(C)
who remember your ways.
But when we continued to sin against them,
you were angry.(D)
How then can we be saved?
6 All of us have become like one who is unclean,(E)
and all our righteous(F) acts are like filthy rags;
we all shrivel up like a leaf,(G)
and like the wind our sins sweep us away.(H)
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