we are all as an unclean thing] Worthy therefore to be cast away, and sequestred from thy sight. Levit. 13. 45, 46. Num. 5. 2, 3. & 12. 14. 2 Chron. 26. 20, 21. Chap. 30. 22. Lamentations 1:17. & 4. 14, 15. Hab. 1. 13.
all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags] Those that seem best among us, are no better. Micah 7:4. Or, our best actions are not free from default and defilement. Romans 7:21.
filthy rags] Heb. a garment of rags; or, as some, of separation. from a word in sound near unto it. Lamentations 1:17. Ezek. 7. 19, 20. & 36. 17.
we all do fade as a leaf] Psal. 90. 5, 6.
our iniquities like the winde, have taken us away] Hosea 4:19. Chap. 57. 13.