Isaiah 64:6 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | WEB

For we are all become as one who is unclean, and all our righteousness are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

But we are all as an unclean thing - We are all polluted and defiled. The word used here (טמא ṭâmē'), means properly that …

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

We are all as an unclean thing ... —Better, as "he who is unclean," namely, like the leper of Leviticus 13:45.

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

It is not a flattering picture that the prophet draws. Even our righteousnesses are like filthy rags, fit only for the fire; what must our righteou…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

We have all been as the unclean. The believers go on in their complaint, for they deplore their condition because God appears to pay no at…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

But we are all as an unclean thing^F20; so all men are in a state of nature: man was made pure and holy, but by…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The people of God, in affliction, confess and bewail their sins, acknowledging themselves unworthy of His mercy. Sin is that abominable thing which…

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century

Catholic

13th Century

O that you would rend. Here the prophet offers a petition.

First, he asks for the presence of the judge; second, he asks …

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