All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a… — Isaiah 64:6 · Skopia

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All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf.

In the original Hebrew

וַנְּהִ֤י כַטָּמֵא֙ כֻּלָּ֔נוּ וּכְבֶ֥גֶד עִדִּ֖ים כָּל־צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּ וַנָּ֤בֶל כֶּֽעָלֶה֙

Isaiah 64:6

681 BC

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Ephemeral nature of life

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Religious literature

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681 BC Old Testament Era

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 64:6).

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