What is the meaning of Isaiah 59:6? Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing • Isaiah pictures sinners spinning plans as fragile as spider silk; no matter how intricate, they shred at the first tug of judgment (Job 8:14). • God alone provides garments of righteousness (Isaiah 61:10). Anything woven from human ingenuity leaves the soul exposed. • The image reminds us of Jesus’ warning that a house on sand collapses when storms hit (Matthew 7:26-27). they cannot cover themselves with their works • From Eden onward humanity has tried to hide shame with homemade coverings (Genesis 3:7). Yet “all our righteous acts are like filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6). • Salvation is “the gift of God, not by works” (Ephesians 2:8-9). No amount of charity, ritual, or moral effort can mask sin’s stain. • Only Christ’s finished work clothes believers “in fine linen, bright and pure” (Revelation 19:8). Their deeds are sinful deeds • The verse turns from failed coverings to the corrupt fabric itself: actions birthed from hearts where “there is no one righteous” (Romans 3:10-12, 23). • Sin is more than isolated missteps; it is the habitual pattern of a heart “deceitful above all things” (Jeremiah 17:9). • Isaiah lays bare the reality we often soften: the unredeemed life continually produces unrighteous fruit (Matthew 7:17-18). acts of violence are in their hands • Violence is sin in full bloom—what starts within erupts outward (Mark 7:21-22). • In Noah’s day “the earth was…full of violence” (Genesis 6:11); Isaiah sees the same cycle among his own people. • God condemns a culture where “bloodshed follows bloodshed” (Hosea 4:2) and calls His people to repent, seek justice, and protect the vulnerable (Micah 6:8). summary Isaiah 59:6 exposes the futility of self-made righteousness: flimsy webs cannot clothe, good deeds cannot cover, inward sin corrupts every action, and unchecked corruption erupts in violence. True covering comes only from God’s grace in Christ, who robes believers in His righteousness and transforms the heart so that deeds of peace replace works of darkness. |
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