Isaiah 64:6

64:6 We are all like one who is unclean,

all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. ¹ 

We all wither like a leaf;

our sins carry us away like the wind.

Daniel 9:18

9:18 Listen attentively, ²  my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins ³  and the city called by your name. ⁴  For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, ⁵  but because your compassion is abundant.

¹ tn Heb “and like a garment of menstruation [are] all our righteous acts”; KJV, NIV “filthy rags”; ASV “a polluted garment.”

² tn Heb “turn your ear.”

³ tn Heb “desolations.” The term refers here to the ruined condition of Judah’s towns.

⁴ tn Heb “over which your name is called.” Cf. v. 19. This expression implies that God is the owner of his city, Jerusalem. Note the use of the idiom in 2 Sam 12:28; Isa 4:1; Amos 9:12.

⁵ tn Heb “praying our supplications before you.”