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Isaiah 59

Isa. 59:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Their webs
quwr (Hebrew #6980)
(only plural) trenches, i.e. a web (as if so formed)
KJV usage: web.
Pronounce: koor
Origin: from 6979
shall not become garments
beged (Hebrew #899)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage
KJV usage: apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, X very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
Pronounce: behg'-ed
Origin: from 898
, neither shall they cover
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves with their works
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
: their works
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
are works
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
of iniquity
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
, and the act
po`al (Hebrew #6467)
an act or work (concretely)
KJV usage: act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.
Pronounce: po'-al
Origin: from 6466
of violence
chamac (Hebrew #2555)
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Pronounce: khaw-mawce'
Origin: from 2554
is in their hands
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
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neither.
Isa. 30:1• 1Woe to the rebellious children, saith Jehovah, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin; (Isa. 30:1)
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Isa. 57:12• 12I will declare thy righteousness; and as for thy works, they shall not profit thee. (Isa. 57:12)
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Isa. 64:6• 6But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (Isa. 64:6)
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Rom. 3:20‑22• 20Wherefore by works of law no flesh shall be justified before him, for by law [is] knowledge of sin.
21But now apart from law God's righteousness is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets,
22even God's righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ unto all, and upon all that believe. For there is no difference;
(Rom. 3:20‑22)
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Rom. 4:6‑8• 6Just as David also describeth the blessedness of the man to whom God reckoneth righteousness apart from works.
7“Blessed they whose iniquities have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered;
8blessed [the] man to whom the Lord will in no way reckon sin.”
(Rom. 4:6‑8)
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Rev. 3:17‑18• 17Because thou sayest, I am rich and am become rich and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched and the pitiable and poor and blind and naked;
18I counsel thee to buy of me gold purified by fire that thou mayest wax rich, and white garments that thou mayest be clothed and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifested; and eye-salve to anoint thine eyes that thou mayest see.
(Rev. 3:17‑18)
their works.
Isa. 5:7• 7For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold bloodshed; for righteousness, but behold a cry. (Isa. 5:7)
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Gen. 6:11• 11And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. (Gen. 6:11)
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Psa. 58:2• 2Yea, in heart ye work iniquities;{HR}In the earth ye weigh the violence of your hands. (Psa. 58:2)
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Jer. 6:7• 7{i}As a well poureth forth her waters, so she poureth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.{/i} (Jer. 6:7)
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Ezek. 7:11,23• 11Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.
23{i}Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.{/i}
(Ezek. 7:11,23)
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Amos 3:10• 10{i}and they know not to do right, saith Jehovah, who store up violence and plunder in their palaces.{/i} (Amos 3:10)
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Amos 6:3• 3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; (Amos 6:3)
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Mic. 2:1‑3,8• 1Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
2And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
3{i}Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily: for it is an evil time.{/i}
8{i}But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip off the mantle with the garment from them that pass by securely, that are averse from war.{/i}
(Mic. 2:1‑3,8)
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Mic. 3:1‑11• 1{i}And I said{/i}, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
2{i}Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;{/i}
3{i}and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.{/i}
4{i}Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings{/i}.
5Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people err{i}, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace! but whoso putteth not into their mouths they prepare war against him:{/i}
6{i}therefore{/i} {i}ye shall have night without{/i} a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
7Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
8Truly I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgressions, and to Israel his sin.
9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
11{i}The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.{/i}
(Mic. 3:1‑11)
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Mic. 6:12• 12{i}For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.{/i} (Mic. 6:12)
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Hab. 1:2‑4• 2O Jehovah, how long shall I cry, and thou dost not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou savest not?
3Why dost thou show me iniquity, and beholdest grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
(Hab. 1:2‑4)
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Zeph. 1:9• 9In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. (Zeph. 1:9)
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Zeph. 3:3‑4• 3Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
4Her prophets are light and treacherous persons, her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
(Zeph. 3:3‑4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

W. Kelly Translation

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Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works [are] works of iniquity, and the act of violence [is] in their hands.