Isaiah 64:6 Cross References - NSB

⁶ All of us have become unclean, and all our righteous acts are like permanently stained rags. All of us wither like leaves, and our sins carry us away like the wind.

¹⁴ »What is man, that he could be pure? Or he who is born of woman, that he could be righteous? ¹⁵ »If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes, ¹⁶ how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water!

⁴ »Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!

⁴ »How then can a man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

⁵ »My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. ⁶ »Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.«

⁴ »I am so insignificant. How can I answer you? I will put my hand over my mouth.

⁴ This is not so for the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away.

⁵ Indeed, I was born in perversity (mischief) (evil). I was a sinner when my mother conceived me.

⁵ You sweep mortals away in the sleep of death. They sprout again in the morning like grass. ⁶ In the morning they blossom and sprout. In the evening they fade and wither away.

⁵ »Woe to me!« I cried. »I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips (a sinner) and I live among a people of unclean (filthy) lips (speech) (language). My eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of Hosts.«

⁶ We are all like sheep. We have gone astray! Each of us has turned to his own way. Jehovah has caused the iniquity (sin) of all of us to be laid on him.

⁶ A voice shouts: »Cry out!« And I said: »What shall I cry?« The voice shouts: »All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. ⁷ »The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of Jehovah blows on them. Surely the people are grass. ⁸ »The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.«

¹² »Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are far from righteousness.

¹ Listen to this, people of Israel, you that are descended from Judah. You swear by the name of Jehovah and claim to worship the God of Israel. However you do not mean a word you say.

¹² »I will declare your righteousness and your works, yet 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.

¹¹ Then it will be said to these people and to Jerusalem: »A hot wind from the heights will blow in the desert toward my people. It will not be a wind that winnows or cleanses. ¹² »It will be a stronger wind than that. It will come from me. Now, I will pass sentence on them.

¹⁹ The wind wrapped her up in its wings. They will be put to shame because of their sacrifices!

³ Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the angel.

⁸ He said: »This is Wickedness.« He tossed her down into the middle of the ephah measure. He threw the weight of lead on the opening. ⁹ Two women came out with the wind in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork. They lifted up the ephah measure between earth and heaven. ¹⁰ I asked the angel: »Where are they taking the ephah measure?« ¹¹ He answered: »To build her a house (temple) in the land of Shinar. When it is prepared, she will be moved there to her own place.«

¹⁸ I know that good does not live in my human nature. For even though the desire to do good is in me, I am not able to do it.

²⁴ Miserable man that I am! Who will rescue me from the body undergoing this death?

¹ You were once dead because of your trespasses and sins. ² You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the power (authority and jurisdiction) of the air, the spirit that is now active in the sons of disobedience.

⁹ I want to be united with him. I no longer want a righteousness of my own that is gained by obeying the law. The righteousness from God is by faith in Christ.

³ For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

¹⁰ But the rich must be glad when God humbles them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and pass away. ¹¹ The sun rises with scorching heat and withers the grass. The flower falls off and its beauty perishes. So also the rich man will fade away in his pursuits.

²⁴ All people are like grass. All their glory is like the blossom of a flower. The grass withers and the flower drops off. ²⁵ But the word of our God abides forever. This is the word of good tidings that was preached to you.

¹⁷ »'You say, «I am rich and have become wealthy and have need of nothing." You do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. ¹⁸ »'I counsel you to buy gold from me, gold purified by fire, so that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be clothed. In this way the shame of your nakedness will not appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may see.

¹³ One of the elders asked me: »Who are these dressed in white robes? And where are they from?«