Isaiah 64:6

"You meet him who rejoices and does righteousness, those who remember you in your ways. Behold, you were angry, and we sinned. We have been in sin for a long time. Shall we be saved?"

Key Reflection

This verse highlights God's delight in those who joyfully live righteously and consistently seek Him. It also acknowledges humanity’s persistent sinfulness and expresses the hope that despite this, salvation is still possible through divine mercy.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

But we are all as an unclean thing -We are all polluted and defiled. The word used here (טמאṭâmē'), means properly that which is polluted and defiled in a Levitical sense; that is, which was regarded as polluted and abominable by the law of MosesLeviticus 5:2;Deuteronomy 14:19, and may refer to animals, people, or things; also in a moral senseJob 14:4. The sense is, that they regarded themselves as wholly polluted and depraved. And all our righteousnesses -The plural form is used to denote the deeds which they had performed - meaning that pollution extended to every individual thing of the numerous acts which they had done.

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