All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf.

וַנְּהִ֤י כַטָּמֵא֙ כֻּלָּ֔נוּ וּכְבֶ֥גֶד עִדִּ֖ים כָּל־צִדְקֹתֵ֑ינוּ וַנָּ֤בֶל כֶּֽעָלֶה֙

Isaiah 64:6

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Ephemeral nature of life

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Hebrew

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681 BC 680s BC 7th century BC

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 64:6).

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1st Peter 1:24

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He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter.

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 53:7).

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Gospel of John The Bible
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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (John 11:22).

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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness...So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Genesis 1:26-27

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Genesis 1:26-27).