But we are all as an unclean
tame' (taw-may')
foul in a relig. sense -- defiled, + infamous, polluted(-tion), unclean.
thing and all our righteousnesses
tsdaqah (tsed-aw-kaw')
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) -- justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
are as filthy
`ed (ayd)
the menstrual flux (as periodical); by implication (in plural) soiling -- filthy.
rags
beged (behg'-ed)
a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage -- apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
and we all do fade
nabel (naw-bale')
to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace
balal (baw-lal')
to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; also to fodder -- anoint, confound, fade, mingle, mix (self), give provender, temper.
as a leaf
`aleh (aw-leh')
a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage -- branch, leaf.
and our iniquities
`avon (aw-vone')
perversity, i.e. (moral) evil -- fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
like the wind
ruwach (roo'-akh)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being
have taken us away
nasa' (naw-saw')
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
