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Their deeds are evil deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/59.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Their webs can’t be made into clothing, and nothing they do is productive. All their activity is filled with sin, and violence is their trademark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/59.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Their webs will not serve as clothing; men will not cover themselves with what they make. Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/59.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/59.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works <i>are</i> works of iniquity, and the act of violence <i>is</i> in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/59.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Their webs will not become garments, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works <i>are</i> works of iniquity, And the act of violence <i>is</i> in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/59.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of wrongdoing, And an act of violence is in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/59.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And an act of violence is in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/59.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And an act of violence is in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/59.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Their webs will not become a garment, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of wickedness, And a deed of violence is in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/59.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Their webs will not serve as clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with what they make; Their works are works of wickedness [of sin, of injustice, of wrongdoing], And the act of violence is in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/59.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works are sinful works, and violent acts are in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/59.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their webs cannot become clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their works are sinful works, and violent acts are in their hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/59.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/59.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />but you can't make clothes with those webs or hide behind them. You're sinful and brutal. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/59.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/59.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Their webs can't be used for clothes, nor can they cover themselves with their works. Their works are evil. Their hands have committed acts of violence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/59.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Their cobwebs cannot become clothing, they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are deeds of iniquity, and acts of violence fill their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/59.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/59.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/59.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/59.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/59.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Their webs won’t become garments. They won’t cover themselves with their works. Their works are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/59.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Their webs do not become a garment, "" Nor do they cover themselves with their works, "" Their works [are] works of iniquity, "" And a deed of violence [is] in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/59.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Their webs become not a garment, Nor do they cover themselves with their works, Their works are works of iniquity, And a deed of violence is in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/59.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Their webs shall not be for a garment, and they shall not be covered with their works: their works the works of vanity, and the work of violence in their hands.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/59.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Their webs shall not be for clothing, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are unprofitable works, and the work of iniquity is in their hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/59.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Their weavings will not be for clothing, nor will they cover themselves with their handiwork. Their works are useless things, and the work of iniquity is in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/59.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Their webs cannot serve as clothing, nor can they cover themselves with their works. Their works are evil works, and deeds of violence are in their hands. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/59.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Their webs cannot serve as clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their works are works of iniquity, and deeds of violence are in their hands.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/59.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works; their works are works of iniquity, and acts of violence are in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/59.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Their webs will not be for clothing and they will not be sheltered by their works. Their works are the works of fraud and the works of evil are in their hands<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/59.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Their webs shall not become garments, Neither shall men cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And the act of violence is in their hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/59.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Their web shall not become a garment, nor shall they at all clothe themselves with their works; for their works are works of iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/59-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=13055" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/59.htm">Sin Separates Us from God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>They hatch the eggs of vipers and weave a spider’s web. Whoever eats their eggs will die; crack one open, and a viper is hatched. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6980.htm" title="6980: qū·rê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Thread, film. From quwr; trenches, i.e. A web.">Their cobwebs</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">be made into</a> <a href="/hebrew/899.htm" title="899: lə·ḇe·ḡeḏ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage. From bagad; a covering, i.e. Clothing; also treachery or pillage.">clothing,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">and they cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/3680.htm" title="3680: yiṯ·kas·sū (V-Hitpael-Imperf-3mp) -- To cover. A primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. Fill up hollows; by implication, to cover.">cover themselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: bə·ma·‘ă·śê·hem (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">with their works.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śê·hem (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">Their deeds</a> <a href="/hebrew/205.htm" title="205: ’ā·wen (N-ms) -- From an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant; strictly nothingness; also trouble. Vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol.">are sinful</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: ma·‘ă·śê- (N-mpc) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">deeds,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6467.htm" title="6467: ū·p̄ō·‘al (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Doing, deed, work. From pa'al; an act or work.">and acts</a> <a href="/hebrew/2555.htm" title="2555: ḥā·mās (N-ms) -- Violence, wrong. From chamac; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. Unjust gain.">of violence</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: bə·ḵap·pê·hem (Prep-b:: N-fdc:: 3mp) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">are in their hands.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14-15</a></span><br />His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web. / He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/1-31.htm">Proverbs 1:31</a></span><br />So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-3.htm">Micah 7:3</a></span><br />Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-7.htm">Jeremiah 6:7</a></span><br />As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">Hosea 10:13</a></span><br />You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/7-14.htm">Psalm 7:14-16</a></span><br />Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood. / He has dug a hole and hollowed it out; he has fallen into a pit of his own making. / His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/11-18.htm">Proverbs 11:18</a></span><br />The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-5.htm">Jeremiah 9:5</a></span><br />Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/15-35.htm">Job 15:35</a></span><br />They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/35-8.htm">Psalm 35:8</a></span><br />May ruin befall them by surprise; may the net they hid ensnare them; may they fall into the hazard they created.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-15.htm">Romans 3:15-17</a></span><br />“Their feet are swift to shed blood; / ruin and misery lie in their wake, / and the way of peace they have not known.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-16.htm">Matthew 7:16-20</a></span><br />By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? / Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. / A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/3-16.htm">James 3:16</a></span><br />For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11</a></span><br />Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">webs</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/28-18.htm">Isaiah 28:18-20</a></b></br> And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Isaiah 30:12-14</a></b></br> Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14,15</a></b></br> Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust <i>shall be</i> a spider's web… </p><p class="hdg">neither</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1</a></b></br> Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, 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:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/57-12.htm">Isaiah 57:12</a></b></br> I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></b></br> But we are all as an unclean <i>thing</i>, and all our righteousnesses <i>are</i> as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.</p><p class="hdg">their works</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/5-7.htm">Isaiah 5:7</a></b></br> For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts <i>is</i> the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/6-11.htm">Genesis 6:11</a></b></br> The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/58-2.htm">Psalm 58:2</a></b></br> Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/52-13.htm">Act</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-22.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-16.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-21.htm">Deed</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-12.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-4.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-8.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-4.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-3.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/isaiah/56-6.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm">Threads</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-20.htm">Twisted</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-7.htm">Useless</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-9.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Violent</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm">Webs</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-12.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/65-8.htm">Act</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-18.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-17.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-2.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-26.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Deed</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-18.htm">Deeds</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-17.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-21.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-7.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-8.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/exodus/39-3.htm">Threads</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-21.htm">Twisted</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Useless</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-18.htm">Violence</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-18.htm">Violent</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm">Webs</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-4.htm">Works</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 59</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/59-1.htm">Calamities are not due to lack of saving power in God, but to their own sins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/59-16.htm">Salvation is only of God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/59-20.htm">The covenant of the Redeemer</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near East, clothing was a basic necessity, symbolizing protection and dignity. Cobwebs, being delicate and insubstantial, represent the ineffectiveness of their efforts to cover their spiritual nakedness. This imagery echoes <a href="/job/8-14.htm">Job 8:14-15</a>, where the hope of the godless is compared to a spider's web. The use of cobwebs suggests that their attempts to justify themselves or find security in their own works are as ineffective as trying to make clothing from spider silk.<p><b>and they cannot cover themselves with their works</b><br>The inability to cover themselves with their works highlights the insufficiency of human efforts to achieve righteousness. This reflects the broader biblical theme that salvation and righteousness cannot be attained through human deeds but are gifts from God (<a href="/ephesians/2-8.htm">Ephesians 2:8-9</a>). The imagery of covering oneself is reminiscent of Adam and Eve's attempt to cover their nakedness with fig leaves (<a href="/genesis/3-7.htm">Genesis 3:7</a>), which was inadequate until God provided garments of skin (<a href="/genesis/3-21.htm">Genesis 3:21</a>), symbolizing divine provision and grace.<p><b>Their deeds are sinful deeds</b><br>This phrase underscores the nature of the people's actions as inherently sinful. The repetition emphasizes the pervasive corruption and moral failure of the society. In the context of Isaiah, this reflects the broader theme of Israel's rebellion against God and the resulting judgment. The concept of sin as a pervasive problem is consistent throughout Scripture, as seen in <a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a>, which states that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.<p><b>and acts of violence are in their hands</b><br>The mention of violence indicates the tangible and destructive nature of their sin. In the historical context of Isaiah, violence was a common issue, often associated with injustice and oppression. This phrase connects to the broader biblical condemnation of violence and injustice, as seen in passages like <a href="/micah/6-12.htm">Micah 6:12</a> and <a href="/amos/3-10.htm">Amos 3:10</a>. The imagery of violence being "in their hands" suggests active participation and responsibility, highlighting the need for repentance and transformation.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah during a time of moral and spiritual decline.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which Isaiah addressed in his prophecies. The people of Judah were often rebuked for their unfaithfulness and social injustices.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_israel.htm">The People of Israel</a></b><br>The audience of Isaiah's message, who were guilty of sin and in need of repentance and redemption.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_human_efforts.htm">The Futility of Human Efforts</a></b><br>Human attempts to cover sin through their own works are as ineffective as trying to make clothing from cobwebs. Our righteousness must come from God, not our deeds.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_sin.htm">The Nature of Sin</a></b><br>Sin is not just an abstract concept but is manifested in tangible actions, such as violence and injustice. Recognizing the reality of sin is the first step toward repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_divine_intervention.htm">The Need for Divine Intervention</a></b><br>Just as the people of Judah needed God's intervention, we too need God's grace and redemption through Jesus Christ to cover our sins.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a></b><br>Believers are called to examine their lives for "sinful deeds" and seek God's forgiveness and transformation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_out_faith.htm">Living Out Faith</a></b><br>True faith is demonstrated through righteous actions that align with God's will, contrasting with the sinful deeds described in Isaiah.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/59.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Their webs shall not become garments.</span>--See the same figure in <a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm" title="Woe to the rebellious children, said the LORD, 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:">Isaiah 30:1</a>. The point of the comparison lies chiefly in the uselessness of the spider's webs, but the second clause emphasises also the fact that the only purpose which the webs serve is one of mischief. They may catch flies, they cannot clothe men.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/59.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Their webs shall not become garments</span>. The unsubstantial fabrics which they weave shall not serve them in any way as garments, or be of any real value or utility. Their devices shall not take objective shape in such sort as to afford them "cover" or protection. <span class="cmt_word">Their works are works of iniquity</span>; rather, <span class="accented">works of nothingness</span>, works that make a mere pretence of being works at all, and are in reality mere shams, impotent and delusive. And the act of violence is in their hands; rather, <span class="accented">and it is an act of violence that is in their hands.</span> Violence creates nothing. At the best, it destroys. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/59-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Their cobwebs</span><br /><span class="heb">קֽוּרֵיהֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(qū·rê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6980.htm">Strong's 6980: </a> </span><span class="str2">Trenches, a web</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cannot</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be made into</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְי֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">clothing,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבֶ֔גֶד</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇe·ḡeḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_899.htm">Strong's 899: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they cannot</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cover themselves</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתְכַּסּ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiṯ·kas·sū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3680.htm">Strong's 3680: </a> </span><span class="str2">To plump, fill up hollows, to cover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with their works.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ma·‘ă·śê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> </span><span class="str2">An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Their deeds</span><br /><span class="heb">מַֽעֲשֵׂיהֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘ă·śê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> </span><span class="str2">An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are sinful</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֔וֶן</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·wen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_205.htm">Strong's 205: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deeds,</span><br /><span class="heb">מַֽעֲשֵׂי־</span> <span class="translit">(ma·‘ă·śê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> </span><span class="str2">An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and acts</span><br /><span class="heb">וּפֹ֥עַל</span> <span class="translit">(ū·p̄ō·‘al)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6467.htm">Strong's 6467: </a> </span><span class="str2">Doing, deed, work</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of violence</span><br /><span class="heb">חָמָ֖ס</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·mās)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2555.htm">Strong's 2555: </a> </span><span class="str2">Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are in their hands.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכַפֵּיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵap·pê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/59-6.htm">Isaiah 59:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 59:6 Their webs shall not become garments neither (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/59-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 59:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 59:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 59:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 59:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>