All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a filthy rag; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind, our iniquities sweep us away.

You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.

I've heard you with my ears; and now I've seen you with my eyes.

Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one!

"How terrible it will be for me!" I cried, "because I am ruined! I'm a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips! And my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies!"

A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out.

What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is infected by death?

You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins

"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?

How can a human being become right with God? How can a human being be pure?

"I must look insignificant to you! How can I answer you? I'm speechless.

But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me.

"Listen to me, you hard-hearted, you who are far removed from righteousness:

"Listen to this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and who have come forth from Judah's loins; you who swear oaths in the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel but not in truth, nor in good faith.

All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned, each of us, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

"I will denounce your righteousness and your works, for your collections of idols will not benefit you.

At that time, it will be told this people and to Jerusalem, "A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert is coming toward my people, and it's not for winnowing or cleansing.

A wind storm will carry them away in its embrace, and their sacrifices will bring them shame."

Now Joshua was wearing filthy clothes as he stood in the presence of the angel.

And the angel said, "This is evil!" So he shoved her back into the basket and snapped the round, lead cover over the opening.

and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but one that comes through the faithfulness of the Messiah, the righteousness that comes from God and that depends on faith.

After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.

and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.

For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,

You say, "I am rich. I have become wealthy. I don't need anything." Yet you don't realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.

"Who are these people wearing white robes," one of the elders asked me, "and where did they come from?"

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But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

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Are all

"How terrible it will be for me!" I cried, "because I am ruined! I'm a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips! And my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies!"
All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned, each of us, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one!
"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?
How can a human being become right with God? How can a human being be pure?
"I must look insignificant to you! How can I answer you? I'm speechless.
I've heard you with my ears; and now I've seen you with my eyes.
Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me.
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out.
You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins
After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.

All our

"I will denounce your righteousness and your works, for your collections of idols will not benefit you.
Now Joshua was wearing filthy clothes as he stood in the presence of the angel.
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but one that comes through the faithfulness of the Messiah, the righteousness that comes from God and that depends on faith.
You say, "I am rich. I have become wealthy. I don't need anything." Yet you don't realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
"Who are these people wearing white robes," one of the elders asked me, "and where did they come from?"

We all

A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.
You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.
and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.
For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,

Our iniquities

When you cry out, let your collection deliver you! The wind will carry them all off, and a mere breath will sweep them all away." "But whoever takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.
But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
At that time, it will be told this people and to Jerusalem, "A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert is coming toward my people, and it's not for winnowing or cleansing.
A wind storm will carry them away in its embrace, and their sacrifices will bring them shame."
And the angel said, "This is evil!" So he shoved her back into the basket and snapped the round, lead cover over the opening.

General references

Now Joshua was wearing filthy clothes as he stood in the presence of the angel.
That's the way it is with you. When you have done everything you were ordered to do, say, "We are worthless servants. We have done only what we ought to have done.'"

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