Verses 6-7
6, 7. We are all As a nation.
An unclean thing Polluted, defiled.
Our righteousnesses Even our religious acts are such as the Holy One of Israel cannot accept, being neither appointed nor sincere.
As filthy rags As a menstruous garment, and therefore repulsive. The comparisons here receive their colouring from the Levitical law on purity.
Fade as a leaf Our beauty (moral beauty) endures no better than fading, withering autumn leaves, so easily swept away.
Like the wind Our national sins also cause us to be swept by tempests of divine judgment. As true to-day as then, is this; as applicable to nations now, as to ancient Israel. Never can fidelity to God be waived at man’s pleasure.
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