Isaiah 61:11

61:11 For just as the ground produces its crops

and a garden yields its produce,

so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance 1  to grow,

and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. 2 

Isaiah 64:6

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.

Isaiah 66:24

66:24 “They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, 4  and the fire that consumes them will not die out. 5  All people will find the sight abhorrent.” 6 

1 tn Or perhaps, “righteousness,” but the context seems to emphasize deliverance and restoration (see v. 10 and 62:1).

2 tn Heb “and praise before all the nations.”

3 tn Heb “and like a garment of menstruation [are] all our righteous acts”; KJV, NIV “filthy rags”; ASV “a polluted garment.”

4 tn Heb “for their worm will not die.”

5 tn Heb “and their fire will not be extinguished.”

6 tn Heb “and they will be an abhorrence to all flesh.”

sn This verse depicts a huge mass burial site where the seemingly endless pile of maggot-infested corpses are being burned.