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# General Information:
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The people of Israel continue speaking to Yahweh.
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# all our righteous deeds are like a menstrual rag
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A "menstrual rag" is a cloth that a woman uses during the time of month when she bleeds from her womb. This means all their attempts to please God fail. This sentence was meant to be shocking. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# We have all withered like leaves
Isaiah compares the people of Israel to leaves that dry up when dead. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# our iniquities, like the wind, carry us away
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This means their sins, as a community, are the reason for their failure. Isaiah compares the iniquities to the wind as the force for their suffering Yahweh's punishment. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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