59:13 We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord;
we turned back from following our God.
We stir up 1 oppression and rebellion;
we tell lies we concocted in our minds. 2
64:6 We are all like one who is unclean,
all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. 3
We all wither like a leaf;
our sins carry us away like the wind.
1 tn Heb “speaking.” A new sentence was started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.”
3 tn Heb “and like a garment of menstruation [are] all our righteous acts”; KJV, NIV “filthy rags”; ASV “a polluted garment.”